Congratulations to Donglei! He defended his PhD final exam successfully! He will go back to China after graduation.

The Paper ‘Proximity Queries for Absolutely Continuous Parametric Curves’ is accepted in RSS. The paper and the code can be downloaded through arXiv and github. Curve – Convex PolygonCurve – Curve   CurveProximityQueries implements methods to compute the Closest Points Minimum Distance Tolerance Verification Collision Detection between an absolutely continuous parametric curve and another object, or […]

Today we had a great discussion with Evangelos A. Theodorou. His research interests span the areas of stochastic optimal control, robotics, machine learning, control for autonomy in self-driving cars, aerospace systems, autonomy, and robotics.       Pictures: Discussion about Gaussian process for machine learning     Picture: “Papered” sweater    

Congratulations to Hyung-Jin! He defended his thesis “Path Planning and Control of Flying Robots with Account of Human’s Safety Perception” successfully! He will join MIT Media Lab  as a post-doc researcher.

Javier Puig-Navarro was recently recognized as the recipient of the Aerospace Engineering Alumni Advisory Board Fellowship.

Hyung-Jin Yoon was recently recognized as an outstanding reviewer for the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. He has served as a reviewer for the journal for about three years, and also reviews for IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, and the Journal of the Franklin […]

Click here to read the news post from MechSE. Despite the cold weather of the week, the group of co-PIs of NSF NRI award #1830639 SYNDROME convened on UIUC campus on 02/01 for the kickoff meeting as planned. Co-PI Pavone from Stanford could not join the meeting in-person because of unfavorable weather conditions and joined […]

Naira Hovakimyan, a professor of mechanical science and engineering and a member of the Cognition, Lifespan Engagement, Aging, and Resilience Group, discusses how drones, planes, satellites, and artificial intelligence will help farmers meet the food needs of a growing world population. Read more from MechSE.

MechSE professor Naira Hovakimyan gave the GNC Plenary Lecture at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics’ 2019 Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Conference in San Diego, CA. Read more from MechSE News UIUC Lecture “Aerial Co-Robots of the Future” video:  

Professor Hovakimyan gave a plenary lecture “Aerial Co-robots of the Future” on AIAA GNC conference 2019. The abstract was recommended as the top talk for the plenary.  Congratulations on this significant accomplishment!