The Autonomous Robots and Systems Laboratory (ARSL) is part of the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science Department. Our research focuses on autonomy, path planning, and control for uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) and uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUVs) .

Research areas of expertise include:
(1) Marine robotics: autonomy algorithms and control/design of novel platforms
(2) Modeling, control, and estimation for vehicles in complex flows and disturbances
(3) Multi-robot system information gathering, combined task/motion planning for automated data collection
(4) Vehicle maneuver/trajectory optimization

We address problems in the above topic areas using techniques from optimal control theory, robotics, state estimation, and aerospace/ocean vehicle guidance, navigation, and control (GNC).

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Robotics and Control Systems at UNC Charlotte
M.S. and Ph.D. programs in Mechanical Engineering at UNC Charlotte
AIAA Student Chapter / Design-Build-Fly at UNC Charlotte
Charlotte Aviation Innovation and Research Institute (Charlotte AIR)
North Carolina Battery Complexity, Autonomous Vehicle and Electrification (BATT CAVE) Research Center
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