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The Autonomous Vehicle Systems (or AVS) Lab at Kansas State University is a research laboratory that focuses on development and implementation of control systems on vehicles including a hobby-grade R/C truck and small, fixed-wing aircraft. The AVS lab receives funding through the National Science Foundation (NSF) as well as NASA.
The capabilities of the AVS Lab its goals are listed below. For more information about the lab, its research projects, and the people involved in the projects, please explore the links to the left.
Capabilities
- Development of small, fixed-wing, UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) for applications such as test platforms for new technology and small budget civilian applications.
- Development of applied guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) systems.
- Integration of new avionics systems with UAV.
- Frequent flight testing through access to restricted airspace at nearby military facilities and other remote locations.
- Develop inexpensive, easy to use, UAV systems for new applications.
- Conduct research on advanced GNC systems, new sensing technologies, and new applications of UAV. Partnerships are very important to this goal, with the AVS Lab conducting frequent flight tests, working with partners in the integration, and testing of new systems in small, inexpensive UAV platforms.
- Provide opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students to work with hardware in an exciting research and development atmosphere.