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Biologically-Inspired Terrain-Based Localization

For millions of years, our ancestors kept track of their location and orientation by looking at invariant features in far distance. The same method is used here as a means to estimate a vehicle's orientation in space, for example matching a real image (above left) to a virtual one (above right). These estimates are important because several key chassis instabilities of a  vehicle, namely sliding and rollover, require accurate knowledge of a vehicle's angular orientation in space.

See my Research page for more information.

 

Terrain-Aware Robotics

High-speed operation of autonomous mobile robots is challenged by the impact of terrain features on the dynamics and stability of the chassis. This video shows a new tank robot platform, the Tankbot, that is currently being used to study high-speed dynamic models, human-vehicle interaction, and autonomous and driver-assist control of these vehicles. See my Research page for more information.
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to the Intelligent Vehicles and Systems Group at Penn State University, the research group primarily affiliated with and maintained by Dr. Sean Brennan and his colleagues and detailing their interest in vehicle dynamics, control, sensing, and embedded systems. This is a very new site*, so keep checking back regularly for updates

Contact me at sbrennan@psu.edu.

News

  Jul 28, 2009 Jason Stine has his Master defense, "Analyzing Highway Median Safety Through Vehicle Dynamics Simulations ", in Room 314, Leonhard Building, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
  Mar 12, 2009    Vishisht Gupta has his PhD defense, “Vehicle Localization using Low-Accuracy GPS, IMU and Map-aided Vision” in Room 312, Leonhard Building at 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
  Jan 13, 2009    Pramod Velumapalli has his Master defense, “Design and Testing of a Terrain Mapping System for Median Slope Measurement” at TRB conference, Washington D.C., 2:30 pm
  Oct 30, 2008    Adam Dean has his PhD defense “Terrain-based road vehicle localization using attitude measurements”, in Room 312, Leonhard Building, 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
  Apr 08, 2008    Michael Petersheim has his Master defense, "Scaling of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Components for Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation", at Room 312, Leonhard Building, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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