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Robotics Seminar Series: “Multi-vehicle estimation and control for the optimization of spatiotempo
Start Date: 2/15/2013Start Time: 2:00 PM
End Date: 2/15/2013End Time: 3:30 PM
Event Description

“Multi-vehicle estimation and control for the optimization of spatiotemporal sampling”

 By: Dr. Derek Paley

 

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace  Engineering and Institute for Systems Research

University of Maryland


This talk will present recent research in the area of multi-vehicle control and optimization for sampling spatiotemporal processes in the atmosphere and ocean. Sampling performance can be optimized by path-planning algorithms that drive vehicles to specific regions of the operational domain containing the most informative data. I will describe two planning approaches: one using nonlinear observability to optimize sampling trajectories and the other using optimal interpolation of nonstationary processes. In the first approach, coordinated trajectories for sampling a parametrized flowfield are optimized using the empirical observability gramian. Parameters of the flowfield are reconstructed from noisy flow measurements collected along the sampling trajectories using a recursive Bayesian filter. The second approach is designed for sampling nonstationary fields, in which the spatial and temporal statistics may vary in space and time. A coordinate transformation is designed under which uniform sampling is optimal because the unknown field is stationary in the new coordinates. Both approaches use tools from nonlinear control, specifically Lyapunov-based control, to design decentralized algorithms for stabilization of multi-vehicle sampling formations. Time permitting, applications including hurricane forecasting and underwater vehicle navigation will be discussed.


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Hill Conference Room (Lebow 240)
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