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Drone EduTrain

Drone technology for schools and colleges
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"Drone EduTrain" is a ready-made classroom package that teaches drone assembly, piloting and programming as a supplementary course in schools, lyceums, technical colleges and universities. We offer institutions legal and completely safe small drones, teaching methodology textbooks, dedicated training courses for teachers, and service. This lets young people easily learn today's most relevant technologies from an early age. Drone EduTrain is a new form of the existing robotics courses - Robotics 2.0.

The problem

Three barriers stand at once. Legislation: operating drones weighing over 250 grams or carrying a camera or GPS module without a permit is prohibited - educational institutions have no technology for hands-on instruction.
  • No systematic drone methodology in Uzbek
  • Teachers have no drone skills
  • Almost no drone specialists in industrial sectors

The solution

A ready-made classroom package for schools, lyceums, technical colleges and universities: it teaches drone assembly, piloting and programming. Hardware, methodology, teacher training and service in one package.
  • Drones - Under 250 grams, camera-free
  • Methodology - Textbooks in 3 languages
  • Teacher - Dedicated training course
  • Service - Ongoing technical support

Founders

Mirzobek Malikov
Founder at Drone EduTrain

7 years of experience in drone and aerospace engineering. A path that began at Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent and continued with a Master's degree and industry experience in South Korea. Currently a lecturer at that same university.

Research results

His research at Gyeongsang National University's Distributed Aerospace Systems and Control laboratory has been published in respected international journals:

  • "Tilted Circumnavigation of Multiple Drones Around Multiple Targets" - IEEE Access, 2023. A strategy for coordinating a group of drones along a tilted circle enclosing several moving targets. Co-authors: Vladimir I. Shin, Yoonsoo Kim. The same work was also presented at the ICCAS 2023 international conference
  • "Bézier Curves for Smooth Entry into Elliptic Orbits" - International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 622-634, 2024. SCIE and SCOPUS indexed

International competitions

  • Doha Oasis for Innovation international forum (Qatar) - silver medal, representing Uzbekistan
  • Korea Summer School competition - 1st place. Project: a system for monitoring the water level of the Aral Sea and the growth of saxaul planted on dried-up areas using drones. A research paper on the results was published at a conference that same year

Industry experience

SEESAW D&U Co., Ltd (South Korea) - Researcher & Overseas Sales Manager, 2024-2026

  • Applied to more than 100 companies in Korea, received offers from two, and chose this drone manufacturer
  • Worked with various types of drones and took an active part in projects that won several Korean government R&D and manufacturing grants
  • Worked with the Uzbek market from Korea: brought two large VTOL drones with 2-3 m wingspans to Uzbekistan, tested and demonstrated them, and signed a contract

Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent - Lecturer, 2026-present

Education and grants

  • Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent - Bachelor's degree
  • Gyeongsang National University, South Korea - Master's in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (2020-2022). Research topic: Multiple Drone Control Systems
  • Global Korea Scholarship (GKS) - the Korean government's fully funded grant, won twice: 2019 (Summer School) and 2020 (Master's)
  • $5,000 university grant - in 2nd year, 100% coverage of one year's tuition
  • UzAuto grant - won in a competition in 4th year (declined voluntarily as the terms did not fit his plans)
  • "Best Graduate Student Award" - awarded by the university leadership for completing the Master's with top results
  • Korean language: TOPIK 3 (intermediate)

Why this project

For two years he tried to sell professional drones to Uzbek organisations and learned first-hand that, in practice, there were no sales. His conclusion: what opens the market is not the device but education - building general, fundamental drone knowledge opens the next doors. With that goal he returned from Korea at the start of 2026.

Islomali Vaxobjonov
Co-founder at Drone EduTrain

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