OUR RESEARCH PROJECTS
Our vision is to advance technology that enhances human safety and security through the strategic integration of connectivity and autonomy. We focus on addressing fundamental research questions in the analysis, optimal design, and functional verification of large-scale, multidisciplinary systems.
The lab works in close collaboration with the Bush Combat Development Center. Our current projects include: Semantic world model to capture uncertain knowledge using ontologies and reasoning engines to support decision making; Distributed multi-modal sensor fusion; Cooperative control of physically coupled vehicles; Cooperative take-off and landing of a drone on a moving ground vehicle; Wildland fire fighting using autonomous air vehicles; RL based control development on purpose-built articulated robots; and high Efficiency Automotive (Electric and Hybrid-Electric) Powertrains.
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Hard Platooning
A novel vehicle platooning technology in which multiple vehicles are physically linked using a product called the Hard Connect
Parallel Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Modeling & Simulation
A comprehensive physics-based simulation model of a 12-ton parallel hybrid electric truck developed in MATLAB/Simulink
Semantic World Models for Reasoning and Decision-Making in Uncertain Environments
Advancing semantic mapping by using conventional artificial intelligence approaches with domain knowledge to model complex environments more effectively
Sim-to-Real Autonomous Navigation Stack for Drive-By-Wire Vehicles
Developing a full-stack autonomous navigation on a Lincoln MKZ platform
CASTBot Gamma
Designing a compact, hypermobile robot capable of traversing diverse environments and overcome obstacles such as stairs, gaps, and debris