We just got a DURIP award to build a scaled-down airspace physical simulator. This testbed will consist of an indoor flight-test area equipped with a motion capture system and an ultra-wideband (UWB) radio-based positioning system to provide scalable indoor positioning for large-scale UAS fleets, a large number of heterogeneous vehicles to provide high-fidelity physical simulation […]

Time-Critical Cooperative Control of Autonomous Air Vehicles presents, in an easy-to-read style, the latest research conducted in the industry, while also introducing a set of novel ideas that illuminate a new approach to problem-solving. The book is virtually self-contained, giving the reader a complete, integrated presentation of the different concepts, mathematical tools, and control solutions […]

Professor Naira Hovakimyan is named among the class of 2017 Fellows of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Click here to read the official AIAA press release. Read more about this award from the MechSE News and Events page! By: Fatima Farha 01/20/2017   Professor Naira Hovakimyan MechSE professor Naira Hovakimyan was recently named […]

[youtube]https://youtu.be/YoUvRaTnA8c[/youtube] Aging 2.0 OPTIMIZE was created to address the issues with the aging process, in particular, the lack of good technology available for elderly people and caregivers. Among other industry leaders and entrepreneurs Dr. Hovakimyan was chosen to give one of the keynote talks, highlighting our research in human-robot interaction as it applies to prolonging […]

This fall’s flight test on the variable stability F-16 at Edwards Air Force Base has sparked interest with Aviation Week, commenting on the potential for the L1 control system to be used as a failsafe system for aircraft. Aviation Week Intelligent Network has featured the article on their webpage: “Adaptive Safety System Flies On Variable […]

“Naira Hovakimyan, a professor at the University of Illinois, received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to experiment with drones that can perform simple household tasks, such as transporting a bottle of medicine, the New York Times reported in December.” — From The Washington Post Read the full article.

The L1 Flight Controller will soon be tested on another manned aircraft, the F-16. ACRL students are working hard to design the flight controller for the test that will be carried out this fall. MechSE website has featured a detailed article on the upcoming challenge: “Hovakimyan’s adaptive control to be tested on fighter jet”. By: […]

NICER Robotics video shows our current progress and the promising development in the near future!

Video for IEEE-VR Publication on the ASPIRE NSF Project and on the NICER Robotics Focal Point.

Hovakimyan talks about drones with glee, but she knows that everyone isn’t as friendly with robots as she is. That’s why she’s not only working to create functional drones, but make them friendly enough so they can soon be a part of our daily lives. “Today grandmothers are afraid of the drones,” she said to Chicago […]