The Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI) is currently looking into the use of UAS from a transportation perspective. MTRI scientists and faculty from the main Michigan Tech campus are using unmanned aircraft systems to help the US Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovation Technology Administration (USDOT/RITA) and other agencies to develop low-cost, highly-efficient ways to handle tasks that range from mapping the condition of unpaved roads to understanding traffic jams and evaluating the conditions inside culverts.
Category Archives: Research
University of Southampton Autonomy and Advanced Systems Showcase
The University of Southampton hosted the Autonomous and Advanced Systems Showcase event on Monday 3 February, where industry, government and academia explored commercial and research opportunities to deliver the next generation of aerospace, marine, defence and other advanced systems technology. Continue reading
NASA Deploys Global Hawk To Guam to Study Climate Change
NASA is deploying the uncrewed Global Hawk research aircraft to Guam for the Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment (ATTREX). Continue reading
UAS with Legs Can Perch, Watch and Walk Like a Bird
Bhargav Gajjar of Vishwa Robotics in Brighton, Massachusetts, designed the legs that can perch just like a bird – or land and walk on flat surfaces as an add-on for small US Air Force UAS. Continue reading
Oklahoma State University UAS Programme in the Eye of the Storm
Oklahoma State University is flying away from the competition when it comes to unmanned aircraft systems. After the Federal Aviation Administration recently chose six test sites across the United States to begin research into UAS, some questioned why Oklahoma was not on the test site list. Dr. Jamey Jacob, a professor of aerospace engineering at OSU, said he was not surprised by the decision. Continue reading
Oklahoma State University Graduate Students Build UAS to Study Weather
Students in Oklahoma State University’s unmanned aircraft systems degree programme have designed two practical unmanned aircraft systems as part of their UAS Design and Analysis course. The first is an aircraft designed to intercept and measure important meteorological parameters in severe thunderstorms. Continue reading
SWARM Flight of Small Quadcoptors Interacting with Humans
A video just released by the Aerospace Robotics and Control Laboratory at the University of Illinois shows a group of ten small, highly manoeuvrable commercially available quadrotors made to act as a squadron, using autonomous control/guidance algorithms inspired from the lab’s work in distributed, cooperative control and a Vicon motion capture system.
The US Air Force Collaboratory—Mind of a Quadrotor
The goal of The Air Force Collaboratory‘s second project, Mind of a Quadrotor, was to build a system that allows a quadrotor to navigate its surroundings with minimal human intervention. Continue reading