Robotics software that ships.

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Selected work

Cooperative drone transport — ARMADA project (LS2N)

Multiple drones carrying a shared payload through a deformable net — a problem where classic model-based control breaks down.

I took over an unstable research controller, migrated it from Python to C++, and replaced the rigid-model approach with a model-free design: per-drone PD control plus a Moving Horizon Estimation observer that estimates net disturbances in real time. Validated in Gazebo simulation and in real flights in the LS2N indoor arena — up to 4 drones carrying a 1 kg shared payload, executing full pick-up-and-deposit cycles while holding formation within ±15 cm.

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A research paper on this work is currently being written; photos and flight video will follow its publication.

About

Damien Six — Robotics Engineer

I'm Damien Six, a robotics engineer — trained at École Centrale Paris (engineering degree) with a PhD in Robotics from École Centrale Nantes, where I designed and controlled a flying parallel robot: multiple quadrotors acting as one manipulator. Since then I've built control software for lower-limb exoskeletons at the Italian Institute of Technology (tested with patients in Italian hospitals) and led the UAV experimental platform at LS2N as research engineer. Since 2023, I've run my own engineering company, EURL ROBOTSIX, working as a consultant and developer in robotics for clients around the world — from academic labs to industrial companies. I've published 9+ papers in international journals and conferences — but what I care about is software that flies, walks, and works outside the lab.