Jose M. Castiblanco Quintero
This page curates research artefacts, supervised academic work, and reusable technical materials supporting reproducible benchmarking and high-performance UAV dynamics.
This page curates research artefacts, supervised academic work, and reusable technical materials supporting reproducible benchmarking and high-performance UAV dynamics.
Featured resources enabling reproducible benchmarking, model validation, and end-to-end evaluation workflows for high-performance flight dynamics.
Repeatable indoor flight-test sequences with motion capture ground truth for benchmarking and reproducible validation:
Position, Velocity, and Acceleratio.
IMU, OMS, Vicon system.
Integrated workflows: Identification, linearisation, and Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) evaluation. Generalisation of geometric models.
Black, Gray box.
Mass distribution database.
Short narrative overview of my research trajectory, motivation, and vision. Very unique story about drones. State of the art.
The dawn of drones.
Near physical limits.
Proof-of-concept demonstrations showing the co-simulation workflow integrated in Unigraphics NX (Part I–II).
Proof of concept integration. Co-simulation. Part I
Proof of concept integration. Co-simulation. Part II
Reusable technical materials that support iteration, teaching-aligned development, and reproducible experimentation. These resources may evolve over time.
Dynamics with multicopters
Control: Proportional-Compensators
Automation: PID performance
A selection of master’s-level projects I supervised, showcasing applied work across modelling, simulation, control design, and experimental analysis.
GDP-Return 2024-25
Towards enabling more accessible, sustainable navigation testing. This work follows on from GDP 2023-24.
GDP-NICO 2024-25
GNSS-denied environments, Autonomous navigation through the use of a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) agent. This work follows on from GDP 2023-24.
Nawaf Alarifi
A lightweight drone concept for autonomous water sampling operations
Sacha Douard
Hybrid - Power for UAVs
Steven Tipan Rivera
Structural simulation of a racing quadcopter and implementation of control techniques.
Martin Ricard Jimenez
RPAS design and operations for specific precision viticulture applications.
Ismael Escudero Molina
Timing software for UAV competitions based on radio frequency identification (RFID) systems.
Alejandro Lorente Lopez
Design of a Y6 RPA for the inspection of industrial facilities.
Ivan Leiva Ruiz
Design and manufacturing of a small UAV for civilian Purposes.
Edwin Javier Pincay
Design and manufacture of an unmanned aerial vehicle with a ten-kilogram payload
Team-based initiatives where I supported the translation of technical capability into organised execution—combining engineering delivery, coordination, and outreach around high-performance UAV applications.
Key roles and initiatives are listed below within the Drone UPV structure. My contribution focused on strategy alignment and enabling execution across engineering, communication, and outreach.
Alejandro Boix Catala
Head of Management Strategy
Drone UPV
David Checa Morell
Head of Engineering Strategy
Drone UPV
Empar Marti
Head of Marketing Strategy
Drone UPV
Competitive and outreach-oriented initiatives around drone racing, linking team operations with engineering iteration and public engagement. (Press release)
Selected public-facing and educational contributions connected to drone engineering, navigation, and applications.
Team contributions and acknowledgements (selected)
Sergio Blesa - Cristina Abril - Romero Pablo flor - Laura Lopez - Jose Iranzo - Juan Pablo Gómez - Vito - Ximo - Manu - Emi