Blended Wing AUVs: Because Regular Subs Weren’t Challenging Enough
In this talk we make a case for the blended wing autonomous undersea glider, highlighting their high endurance, net transport efficiency and stealth operation. Along with these advantages comes associated challenges in control due to under-actuation, diminished sensing capabilities, and required optimal flight conditions. We will be discussing our solutions to these issues, including the development of adaptive and time optimal controllers. Simulation results will be presented using the ROS2/Gazebo framework.
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- Date: 11 Mar 2025
- Time: 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
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- 10401 Rosell
- San Diego, California
- United States 92121
- Starts 21 February 2025 12:00 AM
- Ends 11 March 2025 12:00 AM
- All times are (UTC-07:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
Gideon of General Atomics - Electomagentic Systems
Biography:
Dr. Gideon Prior earned his Ph.D. from the Center for Control Systems and Dynamics at University of California, San Diego (UCSD). His research interests encompass adaptive control, power electronics, autonomous systems, and machine learning.
Over the last twenty years Dr. Prior has made novel contributions to a wide variety of applications including Aircraft Launch and Recovery systems (ALRE), grid tied inverters, electric drives, pointing systems for free-space optical communication terminals, and sensing, command, and control for autonomous underwater vehicles.
Cooper
Biography:
Cooper Runyan is a student at Arizona State University double majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. His interests include robotics, software architecture, and low-level systems design.