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Current Projects

Tailing dams inspection

3D map of a spillway

Funded by the DOE, this collaborative project will create an autonomous drone system for inspection of tailing dams. The drone will inspect several structures of the dam, including spillways and slope. 

FARO Participants:  Paulo Simplicio,  Guilherme Pereira.

Flying in the atmosphere of Venus

Venus with a trajectory

Funded by NASA, this collaborative project will create a motion planner for exploring aerobots in th atmosphere of Venus. This motion planner will be integrated with a cooperative localization system, being developed by our partner lab. 

FARO Participants:  Bernardo Martinez, Anna Juan, Guilherme Pereira.

Stone Mine Project

Stone Mine Drone

Funded by the Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health, this collaborative project is intended to design and implement a complex and fully operational ground-aerial robotic system for stone mining inspection. The system is comprised of a rover (ground robot), and a tethered-drone (aerial robot), both working together to accomplish the assigned mission.

FARO Participants: Luis Escobar, Rogerio Lima, Bernardo Martinez, Guilherme Pereira.