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Introducing AUTalks

Anonymous — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 21:37:22 +0000

Introducing AUTalks Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 02/17/2020 - 14:37

AUTalks is a new seminar series brought to you by the researchers in RECUV, IRISS, and other Autonomous Systems initiatives. The purpose of the series is to encourage collaboration and idea-sharing.

This will be done through a series of short presentations introducing the work done by the different AUT groups. The goal is to cross-pollinate ideas, improve student presentation skills, and build comradery. These will occur once every two weeks for 1 hour throughout the Spring 2020 Semester. There will be different formats for each talk, which will be announced ahead of time.

Each session will include an open collaborative discussion to share ideas. Food will also be provided.

Details:

When: Biweekly meetings from 11:30AM-12:30PM on Tuesdays in AERO 114

Upcoming Dates:

February 25 - John Bird and Johnathan Hamilton

March 10

March 31

April 14

April 28

Where: AERO 114

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RECUV student awarded 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:54:42 +0000

RECUV student awarded 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 03/23/2017 - 15:54

Congratulations to RECUV graduate student Katherine Glasheen for being awarded the 2017 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Katherine's research focuses on network enabled-autonomy for aerial robots - using cloud robotics in the clouds. The goal of Katherine's work is to expand the autonomous capabilities of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) through the development of a network infrastructure. If airborne sUAS can take advantage of off-board resources for computation, updated weather and traffic information, and data storage, a network architecture will advance scientific research and expand planetary exploration capabilities. Her work will examine fundamental research questions in dispersed off-board computing to address communication in fading network connections, requests from multiple airborne vehicles, and off-board machine intelligence.

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RECUV faculty named one of Forbes 30 Under 30.

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 15:57:21 +0000

RECUV faculty named one of Forbes 30 Under 30. Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 02/03/2017 - 08:57

RECUV faculty member Daniel Szafir was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 for his work on human-robot interaction and human-computer interaction. Dan runs the ATLAS Interactive Robotics and Novel Technologies (IRON) Lab. Since joining the University of Colorado in 2015, he has quickly grown the IRON Lab as a collaboration between the ATLAS Institute and the Department of Computer Science. Dan was recently awarded a two-year $174,000 National Science Foundation CRII Award titled "Leveraging Implicit Human Cues to Design Effective Behaviors for Collaborative Robots." This work will address the challenge of designing robots that can be effective collaborators with humans in manufacturing, assembly, and repair situations by improving robot abilities to sense and respond to implicit human communicative behaviors. Dr. Szafir was also recently awarded a three-year $360,000 NASA Early Career Faculty Award titled "Developing Principles for Effective Human Collaboration with Free-Flying Robots." This research will explore the design and use of aerial robots on-board the International Space Station, specifically investigating the design of robot control interfaces and robot signaling capabilities for use in space exploration missions.

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RECUV student wins Best Paper award

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:01:19 +0000

RECUV student wins Best Paper award Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/10/2017 - 11:01

RECUV student Brett Israelsen won the AIAA Intelligent Systems Best Student Paper Award at the 2016 AIAA SciTech Forum for his work “Towards Adaptive Training of Agent-based Sparring Partners for Fighter Pilots” (B.Israelsen, N.Ahmed, K. Center, R. Green, and W. Bennett Jr.). The work was conducted as part of the Tactical Autonomy Learning Agent Framework (TALAF) project.

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The Integrated Remote and In Situ Sensing Initiative

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:29:08 +0000

The Integrated Remote and In Situ Sensing Initiative Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 04/19/2016 - 08:29

We live in a four-dimensional universe of space and time, continuously seeking “high ground” for the otherwise unobtainable clarity that comes with seeing from above. Mobility enabled by flight extends spatial reach and provides temporal presence—to be at the right place at the right time—for critical applications that might include emergency response, a photographic record of receding glaciers or expanding deserts, or delivering a package to your door. RECUV is helping lead the new Integrated Remote and In Situ Sensing (IRISS) initiative as part of the University of Colorado's Our Space. Our Future grand challenge activity. IRISS will transform data-collection technologies and strategies, to see the world in 4D through a ground-to-space sensing column with unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operating in the atmosphere, integrated with ground-based and spaced-based observation systems to enable capabilities ranging from improved climate and weather forecasting, to better-informed government policy making, to real-time decisions for products and services deliveries, and to address the multitude of emerging research and education challenges to prepare the workforce of the 21st -Century.

IRISS is a multi-disciplinary team that will lead the design, development, and deployment of novel remote and in-situ sensing systems to exploit mobility enabled by aerospace systems to enhance data collection from the ground, in the atmosphere, and from space. With its partners, IRISS will explore commercial opportunities and will lead discussions on the ethical, legal, and social policy implications of new technologies and big-data collection for the emerging Grand Challenges of the 21st Century.

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RECUV students awarded NSF fellowships

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 03:03:26 +0000

RECUV students awarded NSF fellowships Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 04/05/2016 - 21:03

Congratulations to RECUV graduate students Andrew Mills and Joseph Straccia for being awarded 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships. Of the 25 students awarded fellowships in Aerospace Engineering, four are from the Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department at CU with two from RECUV!

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RECUV work highlighted in GPS World

Anonymous — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 02:52:42 +0000

RECUV work highlighted in GPS World Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 04/05/2016 - 20:52

Work performed by RECUV faculty member Dennis Akos and student Joshua Tubbs is the focus of a new article in GPS World. Their work takes a look at how radio-frequency interference can impact GNSS equipment on unmanned aircraft systems and how robustly the equipment can navigate those systems. The article provides background on the status of GNSS standards for UAS. It explains why radio-frequency interference (RFI) can be expected on some UAS, together with what issues the RFI could cause for the navigation engine. A simple experiment to determine the presence of RFI in the GPS L1 band due to proximity of a GPS antenna to electronics is presented. Next, the article discusses real-time kinematic (RTK) positioning for UAS purposes. In terms of accuracy, RTK positioning often provides the best results. The robustness of RTK measurements is questionable, though, because the technique relies on carrier-phase measurements. Finally, they present a case study, which shows some of the issues of using RTK positioning for UAS.

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RECUV research highlighted by NSF, NBC News, and the Weather Channel

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:02:32 +0000

RECUV research highlighted by NSF, NBC News, and the Weather Channel Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/02/2015 - 13:02

The National Science Foundation, NBC News, and the Weather Channel included RECUV research with collaborator Adam Houston from the University of Nebraska in a 10-part video series that explores the science of natural disasters and research to avert their human and economic toll. "When Nature Strikes: Science of Natural Hazards," narrated by the Weather Channel's Marshall Shepherd, spotlights the fundamental scientific research NSF funds to improve predictability and risk assessment and reduce the impact of catastrophic events. RECUV work was highlighted in the episode titled "When Nature Strikes - Tornadoes".

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RECUV hosts the IAB meeting for the Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Anonymous — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 03:02:56 +0000

RECUV hosts the IAB meeting for the Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 08/19/2015 - 21:02

RECUV hosted Industry Advisory Board (IAB) Meeting for the Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) on August 5-6, 2015. This two day event included over 75 participants from academia, industry, and government agencies. The purpose of the meeting was to present results from last year's projects and to select the new projects for the next year. C-UAS is an NSF Industry/University Cooperative Researcho addressing the issues common to the UAS industry that limit widespread application across military, civil, and commercial domains. The purpose of the center is to provide innovative solutions to key technical challenges and superb training for future leaders in the unmanned aircraft systems industry.

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RECUV researchers deployed to Arctic to perform persistent sampling

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 03:47:11 +0000

RECUV researchers deployed to Arctic to perform persistent sampling Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 08/04/2015 - 21:47

RECUV researchers have deployed to Oliktok Point, AK as part of the Department of Energy project "Evaluation of Routine Atmospheric Sounding Measurements using Unmanned Systems (ERASMUS)." The RECUV team will fly the Datahawk 2 UAS for 12 hours continually every day for two weeks in order to acquire persistent sounding measurements. The aircraft only has a 60 minute endurance, so a new aircraft is launched every hour. Teams work in 4 hour shifts to cover the duration each day. More information on the progress of the mission can be found here and here.

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