Founded 2017

The Unmanned Systems Lab was founded in 2017 at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University by Dr. Srikanth Saripalli.

Lab Door view from Outside

Location

We are currently located in JCAIN building on the first floor in Room 101.

Research Themes

  • GPS-denied Mapping, Estimation and Navigation: To develop robust algorithms for estimating the state (position, attitude and velocity) of Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicles (UxVs) in GPS denied environments using a combination of Vision, LIDAR and Inertial Sensors.
  • Perception and Planning Algorithms for Shuttles: To develop and deploy Autonomous Shuttles on Campus with the goal of developing autonomous vehicles for para-transit applications
  • Perception and Planning for Autonomous Trucks: Develop control, perception and planning algorithms for autonomous trucks.
  • Collaborative Localization and Planning: This project deals with developing algorithms for collaborative localization of UAVs as a group in GPS denied environments, as well as for collaborative ‘localization-aware’ planning under uncertainty.
  • Obstacle Avoidance, Mapping and Navigation: The focus is on developing algorithms for obstacle avoidance based on computer vision for ground, fixed wing and rotary aerial vehicles
  • Autonomous Landing on Moving Targets: This work deals with the design and implementation of a real-time, vision-based landing algorithm for an autonomous helicopter.