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