Research Projects
NRI: Collaborative Research: Multi-Modal Characterization of DOE-EM Facilities - this National Robotics Initiative project is funded by DOE (DOE-EM0004478) and aims to provide new autonomous robotic systems to monitor, inspection and multi-modal (Rad/Chem/3D) map nuclear facilities. Funding for CMU: $1,022,229 - Funding for UNR: $349,058
Improving UAV Vehicle Safety: Algorithms for Computer Vision Based Detect and Avoid and Failure-Resistant Control, 2015-2016. Nevada System of Higher Education (Knowledge Fund). $ 140,000, PI: David Feil-Seifer, co-PI Kostas Alexis.
AEROWORKS is a 5.2 Mil. Euros project working on the topic of aerial robotics for infrastructure inspection and maintenance operations.
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Motion Analysis Flight Training Arena: Our Lab partners with Motion Analysis to develop safe flight training and experimentation supported with motion capture systems. $12,000
NVIDIA Hardware Grant 2015: Our lab is supported with NVIDIA Hardware based on our proposed activities in the field of aerial robotics research.
ICARUS is a 17.5 Mil. Euros working on the challenge of assisted search and rescue operations using aerial, ground and maritime robotics.
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IEEE CEMRA: Drones Demystified! Our lab received an educational award as a response to the RAS-CEMRA solicitation. $10,000
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (RAS-SIGHT) 2016 - Call for Humanitarian Projects: Our lab received an award from RAS-SIGHT. $2,500
AtlantikSolar is a multi-sources funded project aiming to demonstrate perpetual solar-powered flight for small UAVs. We specifically aim to cross the Atlantic ocean!
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SHERPA is an 11.3 Mil. Euros project working on the problem of automated search and rescue missions in Alpine scenarios using both ground and aerial robots.
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AIRobots was a 3.6 Mil. Euros project that first dealt with the problem of Physical Interaction Control using aerial robots. We considered both quadrotor, coaxial and ducted-fan types.
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Herakleitus was the project-grant that funded me during my PhD studies. It corresponds to fellowship of excellence for outstanding PhD topics and work-in-progress.
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