Copter Research

Flexible aerial platforms for self-organized outdoor/indoor applications
- Scalable and flexible Linux-based UAV platform for developing and testing self-organized navigation algorithms
- Integration of multiple communication technologies onboard (SDR, Wifi, LTE, Zigbee, Lora)
- Indoor drone arena

Cyber Physical Systems for multiple UAVs
- Platform-based design, development and validation of self-organized algorithms for multiple autonomous UAVs
- Integrated analysis of multiple UAV subsystems (computing, control and communication) for reliable results
- Simulation and hardware combination for modelling and analysis of complex UAV-based distributed systems

Self-organized traffic management and collision avoidance for UAVs
- Self-organized collision avoidance for single UAVs and flocks
- Emergence of traffic infrastructure such as virtual roads and roundabouts for UAVs traffic organization
- Integration of collision avoidance algorithms with applications for communication, logistics and reconnaissance

Self-Organized Aerial Base Station Placement
- Self-organized base station location to improve communication capacity for temporary events
- Follow-the-traffic principle for capacity maximization and interference minimization
- Self-organized, force-based algorithm, Q-learning to adapt to dynamics

Multi-UAV-based Delay-Tolerant Networking
- Cost efficient message delivery for disconnected wireless nodes
- UAVs employed as message ferries exploiting the controlled-mobility of UAVs
- Adaptation to traffic specifics as traffic volume and direction
- Fully self-organized solution without need for global knowledge

Indoor and Outdoor Localization of Wireless Devices
- Indoor and outdoor localization
- GSM- and WLAN-based localization
- Adaptive 2D and 3D flight trajectories to reduce flight time