Featured Highlights
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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Welcome
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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Quick Links To Related Pages
Dr. Brennan's Teaching Portal
Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
The Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
* Web page design courtesy of Jack Langelaan, 2007_02_20