Projects.Examples of Current and Recent Projects
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Biological Adaptation
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Disturbance-Aware ControlMany vehicles, such as micro air vehicles, show a strong sensitivity to environmental disturbances such as atmospheric turbulence or wind gusts. This work develops controllers that respond intelligently to disturbances, recovering energy from wind gusts.
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Unmanned Aerial SystemsWe focus on transition-capable autonomy, meaning those autonomy models that may be implemented on small unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Our current projects in this area include acoustically guided UAS and counter-UAS interception.
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Community & Public OutreachAs a land-grant institution, we care deeply about the community we inhabit, and are eager to contribute to it.
Upcoming Seminars: March 25, 2019; Invited seminar on How Biologically-Derived Flight Control Strategies Can Inform Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarms at University of Oklahoma. See flyer for detail. Aerospace Professionals: We lead the effort to select Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference Plenary Speakers for the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics. Recent Plenary Speaker awardees are
If you know a candidate for AIAA SciTech 2020, please nominate them! Contact Dr. Faruque for details on this process..
Public: Have you observed remarkable flight behavior in an insect? Reach out to us with a video or the documentation that you have and we will be happy to get involved to try to help you understand the behavior. Note that our focus is flight behaviors, especially those involving neural control--entomologists remain the best resource with species identification. |
Naval Autonomy through Amphibious RotorcraftIn this project, we study transition-capable autonomous quadrotor vehicles to expand the operation of autonomous vehicles into partially submerged operations.
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