CS491/CS691 Introduction to Aerial Robotics

This course aims to introduce students (from Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering) to the concepts of unmanned aircraft modeling, state estimation, control, as well as into the very basics of motion planning. The final section of the course is about the collective design - first of all in the classroom - of the algorithms that enable an aerial vehicle to become an autonomous aerial robot. This effort is supported by an open-source simulation and the students will have the opportunity to implement their designs and ideas.

CS491/691 Autonomous Mobile Robot Design

The goal of this course will be to introduce students into the holistic design of autonomous robots - from the mechatronic design to sensors and intelligence. The course will have five "teaching blocks", namely: a) actuation and robot locomotion, b) sensing and robot perception, c) control and robot guidance, d) motion planning and autonomous navigation, e) remote control and robot GUI and will be 100% project-driven. The students will be spitted into teams and each team will design a robot in order to solve a specific application and challenge. As an example: a team project might be "aerial robots for multi-modal characterization of industrial facilities" or "robots with advanced traversability abilities for mountain operations". The final challenges will be derived based on real-requirements of federal agencies or needs of specific industries.

Robotics Short Seminars

The "Robotics Short Seminars" correspond to a set of biweekly talks that are be provided in order to cover current trends in robotics research. These presentations are very research oriented and students are invited to attend, actively raise their questions, express interest to participate in relevant research efforts, and broadly be proactive. 

Outreach Activites

Our lab is providing a series of outreach activities. Following this link you will find some of our relevant presentations, demos, education tools and more.