The Autonomous Flight Systems Laboratory (AFSL)
in the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics is
holding an information meeting to inform students about upcoming
research opportunities in the area of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
For more information, please see that attached flyer.
What: UAS Student Research Opportunity Meeting
Who: Any UW student (both undergraduate and graduate)
When: Sept. 25, 2014, 1:30 – 2:30pm
Where: Guggenheim 305
Why: Learn more about UAS activities/opportunities in the AA department
The three major programs that will be covered at this meeting are:
1. Design/Build/Fly
-Students design, fabricate, and demonstrate flight capabilities of an unmanned, radio controlled aircraft.
-Students compete in an international fly-off in the spring.
2. UW Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)
-The AFSL is building a UAS for flight test and research purposes
-We are focused on building, instrumenting, and creating subsystems for a custom UAS
-Student will work with hardware such as the ArduPilot Mega 2.6, real-time video telemetry, and automatic image processing.
3. GPS-Denied Navigation
-This project involves creating algorithms and systems to help UAS navigate in GPS-denied environments.
-Some research questions include: Can a system use alternative sensors (such as vision, INS, etc.) to navigate without GPS.
-Students will interact with UAS companies such as Insitu and Hood Technology
