Welcome to the new era

Who we are

HORUS UPV, born in 2018, is a team of students from the Universitat Politécnica de València interested in designing, manufacturing and operating Unmanned Aircraft (UAVs).

In collaboration with the “Instituto de Automática e Informática Industrial” (ai2), our very first first aircraft was developed.

This was conceived as a research platform for the use of hydrogen fuel cells in UAVs with the aim of increasing their flight range. As a result of this initial impulse, other university bodies gradually joined in to support the project, and the team was included among the Spontaneous Generation (GE) groups.

About Us

The team is made up of 50 members, divided into 6 subgroups: Aerodynamics, CAD, Manufacturing, Avionics, Vision and Artificial Intelligence, Image and Marketing, with the figures of Technical and Financial Management, as well as having its own pool of first-year students, for their subsequent entry into the team.

Current trajectory

The Horus UPV team consists of three lines of work, the line of competition UAVs, including the H110/H120/H130 series models, the hydrogen research line (H200 and H101) and the line of artificial intelligence and autopilot test prototypes (H030).

After presenting the team to the UAS Challenge 2022 organised by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers of the United Kingdom (IMechE), Horus received awards in the categories of airworthiness and best debut team, obtaining a special mention in business proposal and safety, thus obtaining 3rd place in the international competition, with 32 participating teams. We are the only Spanish team to win since the creation of the competition.