Dronelab

VIVES DroneLab, a research facility of VIVES University of Applied Sciences in Ostend, Belgium, is a key institution for development of sustainable drone applications.

Who we are

We fly your drone application legal and efficient!

DroneLab originated from a manned aviation training and applied research experience in airline pilot and aircraft maintenance.
DroneLab is a non-profit academic platform supporting and developing the booming drone industry
Drone operations are an aviation activity such as operating an airline company. This requires an aviation safety mindset.

Goals

Let's do great things together!

Interdisciplinary education on drone related topics of university students
Custom made info sessions, lectures or trainings for the industry, government and organisations
Collaboration with industrial clusters, organisations and companies
Interdisciplinary projects with other expertise centers, universities and knowledge institutions
Solving governmental driven problems
Integration of society impact and sustainability impact analysis in technical solutions

Methodology

Explain your problem, and we will solve it together!

Our huge network is open for everyone.
If the knowledge exists in the market, will we bring (future) drone application end-users into contact with drone service providers
If there is a knowledge gap, DroneLab will solve it with interdisciplinary expertise

Our research topics

Drive, connection and innovation!

Smart Environment: smart farming, waste monitoring, coastal protection, ...
Smarth Health Care: transport of medical goods, Search&Rescue, ...
Smart Logistics: Urban (air) mobility, offshore logistics, ...
Smart Construction: VR modeling based on photogrametry, building health management, ...
Smart Education: Blended learning, VR/AR training integration
Safety & Security: Training of police, customs and civil defense, drone detection, ...

What we do?

One-stop shop for your drone challenge!

Tailor made courses
Regional/national/EU projects
Market study and tender guidance
Technical/operational/legal consultancy
Design
Prototyping
Testing & validation
Product optimization
2nd life & recycling
Equipment leasing

Check our activities in this summary.

How can we work together?

A solution of every type of problem!