Aerial Robots Supporting Environmental Sensing

Biology Building, Room 101

Understanding the impact of wetlands and watersheds requires monitoring these environments. Yet, gaining the knowledge to determine sensing locations and the act of installing sensors disrupts the environment. My research focuses on novel adaptive deployment mechanisms to install, monitor, and maintain sensor networks for environmental monitoring with a specific focus on ecologically sensitive regions. Sensor networks collaborate with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to solve these problems through inductive recharging, data mulling, and automated installation. This talk presents my latest research in this area along with use cases in underwater sensing and bridge monitoring.