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UC Holds Third-Annual Bearcat BEST Robotics Competition
October 31, 2005
Sixteen high-school teams put their BEST feats forward as robots go head to head in competition.
Robotics and Uninhabited Systems
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
Active Research Faculty
Kelly Cohen,
Brian H. Rowe Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering
513-566-3523
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
Tamara Lorenz,
Psychology-Mechanical Engineering-Electrical Engineering (jointly appointed)
513-556-5209
Research Interests: Human-robot interaction
Research Interests: Robotics and autonomous systems
Lab Website: Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory
Research Interests: Digital controls, automation
Dieter Frans S. Vanderelst,
Biology-Mechanical Engineering-Electrical Engineering (jointly appointed)
Research Interests: Flight control, robotic models
Modeling and Simulation Research News
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Register For Fall Open House Nov. 19
October 13, 2005
Check the UC Admissions event guide for additonal special visitation events.