KEYNOTE AI-Powered UAVs in GPS-Denied Environments

Professor Teng-Hu Cheng is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florida in 2015 and participated in the Intel IoT research program in the United States. He has over 10 years of experience in UAV control. In 2014, his paper was selected from among 904 submissions to receive the Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award from the American Automatic Control Council (ACC). In 2016, he was appointed as a Young Chair Professor at National Chiao Tung University.

In 2018, he received the Ministry of Science and Technology’s (MOST) Outstanding Young Scholar Research Program (three-year term) to conduct research on autonomous UAV technologies, and won Excellent Performance at the MOST AIslanders Show. In 2023, he was awarded the Wu Ta-You Memorial Award by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and the Outstanding Teaching Award by National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.

In 2024, he became the Chief Robotics Scientist at TronFuture Inc., responsible for AI-based UAV defense and interception, as well as GPS-denied UAV positioning and navigation, contributing to securing numerous international orders for the company. He also received the Excellent Young Engineering Professor Award from the Chinese Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Robotics Society of Taiwan, and the Chinese Automatic Control Society.

In 2025, he achieved the highest score in the 2nd National Defense Application UAV Challenge. To date, he has published over 50 academic papers in the fields of control and robotics, many of which have appeared in top-tier or highly influential international journals and conferences, such as IEEE TAC, RA-L, TCST, TRO, IEEE/ASME TMECH, ACC, and CDC.

程登湖教授為現任國立陽明交通大學機械系教授，於 2015 年取得佛羅里達大學機械工程博士學位、並曾參與美國 Intel IOT 研究計畫，對無人機控制有超過 10 年的經驗，2014 年論文曾於 904 篇中獲選美國自動控制學會 (ACC) Hugo Schuck 最佳論文獎。2016 獲得國立交通大學青年講座教授。2018 年獲得科技部優秀年輕學者研究計畫(3 年期) 並執行無人機自動駕駛技術之研究。2018 年在科技部舉辦的 AIslanders Show 獲得 excellent performance。2023 年榮獲國科會吳大猷先生紀念獎、國立陽明交通大學優良教學獎。2024 年擔任創未來科技公司的首席機器人學家，負責無人機的 AI 防禦與攔截、無 GPS 的無人機定位與導航，幫助公司爭取眾多國際訂單。程教授也榮獲中國機械工程學會的優秀青年工程教授獎、台灣機器人學會青年機器人工程獎、中華民國自動控制學會的青年自動控制工程獎。2025 年榮獲第二屆國防應用無人機挑戰賽榮獲最高分。至今已累積發表超過 50 篇學術論文，涵蓋控制與機器人等領域，並多次發表於領域內頂尖或具指標性的國際期刊與會議，如 IEEE TAC、RA-L、TCST、TRO、IEEE/ASME TMECH、ACC 及 CDC 等。