SDU Drone Center SDU Drone Center We aim to advance drones for societal flourishing through excellence in education, research, and innovation. About SDU Drone Center EuroDroS SDU Flight Lab Drone Summer School About Research units Research areas Research publications Research projects PhD projects Education Cooperation Employees SDU Flight Lab (HCA Airport) News Contact Vacant positions Follow us on YouTube SDU International Drone Summer School SDU Drone Center offers an annual summer school with lots of hands-on building and flying drones in our labs at HCA Airport. It takes place every year in August Genius project 5g technology can contribute to the integration of drones in airspace Memorandum: Air under the wings or not? A call for dialog about the development of u-space in Denmark (in Danish) Read more Load more News & events 09.08.2026 Race against time to give Denmark new weapons against the Caterpillar from Hell Drones, thermal cameras and artificial intelligence could become important tools in the future fight against the oak processionary moth. Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark are therefore heading into the field alongside municipal pest control teams to gather the knowledge needed to develop future solutions. In just a few weeks, the caterpillars will be gone for the year – along with the opportunity to study them in the wild. Read article Drones 06.05.2026 SDU and the Danish Defence to work more closely together on public safety The first group of drone conscripts and soldiers has begun at SDU in Odense. They are to attend a drone engineering course as part of the cooperation between the SDU Drone Centre and the Danish Defence Drone Centre. Below, Rector Jens Ringsmose explains why increased cooperation with the Danish Defence is both important and relevant. Read article Innovator of the month 29.04.2026 New company gives pilots and airports a better overview of airspace Airband Solutions is one of five companies that emerged from the University of Southern Denmark in 2025. The team behind the company has developed a system that automatically provides airports and pilots with a better overview of the airspace. Read article Drones 13.04.2026 New research project could extend critical battery life for drones By rethinking the way computers work, it is possible to improve the energy efficiency of digital systems, including drones for both civilian and military use. That is precisely what researchers from the University of Southern Denmark will be working on in a major new European project. Read article Drones 18.03.2026 SDU tests rescue drones in the Arctic Together with the Alexandra Institute and the Joint Arctic Command, drone researchers from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) have tested drones for rescue operations in Greenland and collected data for AI models that can help locate people in distress. Read article Robotics 29.08.2025 Small agricultural robots could reverse the sustainability trend in farming With DKK 75 million from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, researchers from KU, SDU, DTU and Wageningen University aim to develop small field robots that make it possible to grow mixed crops in the fields. This could benefit biodiversity, improve the environment and fundamentally change agriculture. Read article Award 23.05.2025 Prestigious European price for Danish innovation programme Europe needs to invest more in research and innovation to cope with global competition. Spin-outs Denmark is already underway and supports young researchers in translating their research into solutions that benefit society. The programme - run by the eight Danish universities - has been awarded the ASTP Impact Awards. Read article 08.04.2025 WildDrone shines in Danish media Two journalists from DR joined the WildDrone hackathon in Kenya. See the resulting coverage. Read article 31.03.2025 Engineers conduct drone training in Guinea-Bissau SDU UAS is part of a UNDP project to monitor effects of climate changes Read article 25.03.2025 World Economic Forum highlights WildDrone The World Economic Forum has published a story about the WildDrone project Read article Explainer 13.03.2025 Are robots stealing our jobs? The robots are coming! But are they also coming for our jobs? The short answer is yes, but not necessarily in the way we imagine. The long answer you can read here from three researchers at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark. Read article 03.02.2025 Drones, biology, and AI: SDU researchers test groundbreaking technology in Kenya On the savanna in Kenya, a group of researchers from the SDU UAS Center is currently conducting fieldwork alongside other drone researchers, biologists, and computer vision experts from across Europe. As part of the research project WildDrone, they are gathering knowledge about animal behavior and the potential of drones for conservation. The flights are carried out in collaboration with Kenyan partners and may improve efforts to protect species such as rhinos. Read article Entrepreneurship & Research 22.01.2025 2024: Record in spinouts at SDU Seven new companies founded by SDU researchers became a reality in 2024. This is the largest number of research-based companies from SDU in a single year to date – and the expectation is that a similar number will be founded in the coming years. One of the new SDU spinouts will develop a new treatment for patients with Huntington's disease. A market projected to be worth more than $2.5 billion by 2035. Read article Drones 19.08.2024 5G technology can contribute to the integration of drones in airspace If drone technology is to really take off, it requires that drones are integrated into the airspace and can fly alongside manned aviation. In the research project GENIUS, researchers from SDU, along with DTU, companies, and organisations, have shown how 5G technology could be part of the solution. Read article 20.12.2023 Agave project completed The Agave project - Embracing the future of geomodelling Read article Inauguration 24.11.2023 Mærsk 2 building officially inaugurated On Thursday, 23 November, the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Institute's new building was officially inaugurated by rector of SDU Jens Ringsmose and chairman of Den A.P. Møllerske Støttefond Ane Mærsk Mc-Kinney Uggla. Read article New Book 10.10.2023 The book The Ethics of Drone Design hits the shelves Dylan Cawthorne, drone scientist at the University of Southern Denmark, has just published the book The Ethics of Drone Design: How Value Sensitive Design Can Create Better Technologies, discussing the ethical dilemmas of drone technology's extraordinary potential to change the world we live in — for better or for bad. Read article 31.08.2023 Can drones help endangered species? Drones are a potential game changer in preventing animal-human conflicts and tracking and monitoring endagered species. Read article 01.08.2023 New employee: Welcome to Jarl Møller Banke Master of Science in Mechatronics Engineering Read article 30.06.2023 New employee: Welcome to Robert Ladig Robert is joining us after living for 11 years in Japan Read article Share on Facebook X Linkedin Email Copy link
