An autonomous or uninhibited system is a robot with little to no interference from humans—it reacts to situations as a human would. Systems that are autonomous are efficient, improve safety, reduce waste, and perform tasks to free up human time. Aside from the everyday tasks an autonomous system can do, extraordinary circumstances are improved too—like a robot that can fill up a satellite with a tank of gas.
Big commercial satellites are costly. They run out of fuel or malfunction or break down. They would like to be able to go up there and fix it, but nowadays it’s impossible.
Ou Ma Professor, Aerospace Engineering
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Research Interests: Artificial intelligence in UAVs
Research Interests: UAV Aeroacoustics
Research Interests: Control Systems
Research Interests: UAV controls and detecting
Research Interests: Fault-tolerant autonomous systems
Research Interests: UAVs, robotics and decision making
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Research Interests: Human-robot interaction
Research Interests: Robotics and autonomous systems
Lab Website: Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory
Research Interests: Digital controls, automation
Research Interests: Flight control, robotic models
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