IUCRC: Phase 2: Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

IUCCRC：第二阶段：无人机系统中心

• 批准号: 1650468
• 负责人: Eric Frew
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: University of Colorado at Boulder
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-04-01 至 2022-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1650468&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IUCRC; Phase; Center; Unmanned; Aircraft; IUCRC; Phase; Center; Unmanned; Aircraft

The Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) addresses the issues common to the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) industry that limit widespread application across national security, scientific, civil, and commercial domains. Research within the UAS industry is driven by both technical gaps existing for specific high-value applications and the current under-developed regulatory framework that is needed for integration of UAS into the national airspace. The full value of unmanned aircraft systems, especially for a broad range of scientific and civil applications, cannot be realized without significant multidisciplinary research efforts such as those proposed here. Toward that goal, C-UAS investigates and develops new algorithms, architectures, and operational procedures for unmanned aircraft systems. The center contributes to the advancement of the state of the art for UAS through its research at the center's universities and by training graduate students in areas supporting the advancement of UAS. The research pursued in C-UAS has potential application to unmanned aircraft of all sizes. The primary focus of research activities, however, is on small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS), which feature aircraft with wingspans in the 1 ft to 8 ft range. C-UAS university sites have distinguished themselves with their experimental flight test demonstrations on these smaller platforms. The research interests and needs of industry in the area of UAS align well with the skills, knowledge, and background of the university participants in the center. Research focus areas for the University of Colorado Boulder site can be described in terms of (1) technical areas and (2) application areas. Technical topic areas in which the University of Colorado has particular strength and interest include: (i) Airborne communication networks and network-enabled autonomy (e.g., methods for routing data through mobile ad-hoc networks and for accessing dispersed computing), (ii) environmental sensing (e.g., novel sensor development and planning algorithms for targeted observation of environmental phenomena), (iii) human-autonomy interaction (e.g., natural language interfaces and humans-as-sensor models for communication of spatial information), (iv) assured autonomy and user trust (e.g., measures of machine self-confidence and assessment of their impact on user trust), (v) UAS traffic management (e.g., investigating the impact of weather on small UAS operations), and (vi) guidance and control with in complex winds (e.g., implementing control algorithms for wind gust disturbance rejection or for energy harvesting). Application topic areas in which the University of Colorado has particular strength and interest include: (i) Atmospheric science with emphasis on severe weather, (ii) Cooperative distributed sensor fusion and target tracking, and (iii) Search and rescue. Specific research projects proposed by University of Colorado faculty members in these technical and application areas are selected annually by the Industry Advisory Board (IAB).

无人飞机系统中心（C-UAS）解决了无人飞机系统（UAS）行业常见的问题，这些问题限制了国家安全，科学，民事和商业领域的广泛应用。 UAS行业内部的研究是由针对特定高价值应用程序的技术差距和当前不发达的监管框架进行的技术差距所驱动的，这是将UAS集成到国家领空所需的当前的欠发达监管框架。如果没有重大的多学科研究工作，例如这里提出的大量研究工作，则无法实现无人飞机系统的全部价值，尤其是对于广泛的科学和民用应用的全部价值。为了实现这一目标，C-UAS研究并开发了无人飞机系统的新算法，架构和操作程序。该中心通过其在中心大学的研究和培训支持UAS进步的领域的研究生来促进UAS的艺术状况提高。在C-UAS中进行的研究潜在地应用于各种规模的无人飞机。但是，研究活动的主要重点是小型无人飞机系统（SUAS），该飞机以1英尺至8英尺范围内的翼展为飞机。 C-UAS大学的站点在这些较小的平台上进行了实验性飞行测试演示。 UAS领域的行业研究兴趣和需求与该中心的大学参与者的技能，知识和背景很好。科罗拉多大学博尔德大学的研究重点领域可以用（1）技术领域和（2）应用领域来描述。科罗拉多大学具有特殊优势和兴趣的技术主题领域包括：（i）空降的沟通网络和启用网络的自主权（例如，通过移动临时网络路由数据路由数据以及访问分散计算的方法），（ii）环境传感（例如，新的传感器开发和规划算法的人类自然观察者（例如，环境观察者），（例如，人类现象） - 语言互动和人类作为传感器模型，用于传达空间信息），（iv）保证的自主权和用户信任（例如，机器自信心的衡量标准以及对用户信任的影响的评估），（v）UAS交通管理（例如，调查天气对小型UAS操作的影响）以及（VI）的启用（VI）的影响（vi），以及（VI）的指导（vi），以及（vi）的控制（vi），并控制着复杂的控制（E. g。排斥或能量收获）。科罗拉多大学具有特殊力量和兴趣的应用主题领域包括：（i）大气科学重点是恶劣天气，（ii）合作分布式传感器融合和目标跟踪，以及（iii）搜索和救援。科罗拉多大学教职员工在这些技术和应用领域提出的特定研究项目每年由行业顾问委员会（IAB）选择。