Complexity Science Seminar Series - Abstracts
Title:
Using Autonomous Flight Vehicles for Control Volume Sampling
Presenter:
Dr. Craig Woolsey, Virginia Tech
Date and Time: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 3:30-4:30pm
Abstract:
The number and variety of military and scientific applications for autonomous flight vehicles is growing rapidly. One interesting class of applications is control volume sampling. In these applications, a team of autonomous flight vehicles is used to assess a phenomenon that is occurring within a sample volume. In many cases the phenomenon can be characterized by measuring the flux of related quantities or properties across the sample volume's boundary. This presentation will briefly describe some example applications within this class of sampling tasks and some related work on vehicle control and coordination for unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs).
Seminar Location: The seminars are held at:
Virginia Tech, Corporate Research Center
1880 Pratt Drive, Building XV
Seminar Room, First Floor
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