News and events at NTNU AMOS in 2013

News and events at NTNU AMOS in 2013

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2013-03-18

UAV-Lab receives NTNU funding

– Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Laboratory

The UAV-Lab at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics has received a grant from the NTNU advanced scientific equipment (AVIT) program at NTNU.

Professor Tor Arne Johansen is the project leader. The grant will finance a fleet of fixed-wing UAVs, quadro-copters and sensor payload systems.  AMOS is an active partner and user of the UAV-Lab. AMOS reseacrh projects and researchers will use UAV-Lab. for:

  • UAV research on autonomy, intelligent control, instrumentation and sensor technology, real-time processing of measurements, sensor fusion, computer vision, communication technology, etc.

Typical applications are remote sensing, climate research, monitoring of ice in the Arctic, search and rescue operations, inspection and surveillance of resources and infrastructure, etc.