Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) problems lie in the confluence of control & estimation theory, formal techniques to guarantee safety, cyberphysical systems approaches, cybersecurity issues, and planning & localization problems. For UAS, we focus on guidance, navigation and control (GNC), multi-UAS path planning, task allocation and assignment, UAS Traffic Management (UTM), and cybersecurity and high assurance control of the UAS, which has become crucial for safe and secure operation of UAS in various civilian and military applications.

Our research includes:

• UAS Cybersecurity

• Analysis and Design of Stealthy Cyber Attacks on UAS

• Cyber Attack Mitigation for CPS

• Real-Time Safety Assessment of UAS against Stealthy Cyber Attacks

• Reachability Analysis for Safety Assurance of CPS against Cyber Attacks

• Towards Cyber-Physical Vetting of Critical Infrastructures

• Cognitive Autonomy for Human CPS

• Safety Analysis For Evaluating (SAFE) sUAS

• Conceptual Study on Civil UAS Operation under Advanced CNS/ATM Systems

• Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)

• UAS Testbeds

• Evacuation Planning

• Vision-based Unmanned Vehicle Platform and SLAM Implementation

• Battery Performance of Rotorcrafts

• simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM)

• Sensor Fusion

• UAS surveillance and Geofencing for UTM

Testbeds

For algorithm development and validations, we develop open-source based autonomous unmanned vehicle system platforms and software/hardware-in-the-loop testbeds.

Related Research Projects

• Machine learning architecture for aircraft maneuvering

• Safety Analysis For Evaluating (SAFE) sUAS: sponsored by NASA

• Conceptual Study on Civil UAS Operation under Advanced CNS/ATM Systems: sponsored by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport of South Korea

• Evacuation Planning for Victims with Different Urgency Levels

• Vision-based Unmanned Vehicle Platform and SLAM Implementation: sponsored by Rockwell Collins