Test-bed for Collaborative Research in Biologically Inspired Sensing & Control and Networked Robotic Systems
Abstract
The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) is designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. Universities to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in selected technical areas of importance to national defense. DURIP funding provides for the acquisition of research equipment and instrumentation for this purpose. This DRUIP funding is for the purchase of instrumentation and hardware components for collaborative research in two laboratories of College of Engineering at Penn State: (i) Locomotion Biomechanics and Control Laboratory (LBCL) and (ii) Networked Robotics Systems Laboratory (NRSL). In LBCL, the instrumentation and hardware components will be used to develop a suite of biomimetic sensors and a flight control test-bed system for multimodal sensor fusion and sensor-motor integration research in collaboration with the network-centric robotic research in NRSL. Drawing inspiration from the sensorimotor integration of highly maneuverable miniature flying insects, this research aims at establishing a framework for fast, low-computation, low-power and robust flight sensing and control of micro aerial vehicles with limited payload and computing power. The aerial robotic platforms and the motion tracking system procured for the flight control test-bed in LBCL will also serve to augment the existing sensor network test-bed in NRSL from 2-D ground setting to 3-D air-ground setting. This DURIP will augment the current wireless network test-bed of multi-layered multi-modal sensor fusion in NRSL, which will simultaneously serve the biologically-inspired multimodal sensor fusion and sensor-motor integration research in LBCL and the ongoing multimodal information fusion project in NRSL. The hardware procured or developed from this DURIP funding, such as biomimetic vison and inertial sensors, can be naturally translated into elegant tools to promote multidisciplinary education in the areas of interests to Department of Defense. Through collaborative efforts from the integrated laboratories, several research-related educational projects will be developed for both undergraduate and graduate courses at Penn State.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 12, 2017
- Source ID
- W911NF1610272
Entities
People
- Bo Cheng
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- Pennsylvania State University
- United States Army