At Politecnico di Milano, we opened 4 one-year research positions in the field of control of unmanned aerial vehicles, in the framework of the MISE project 4DDS (4D Drones Swarms). Specifically, two different calls are available:
Titles:
- Design of advanced control strategies for UAV swarms in complex scenarios
- Implementation of advanced control strategies for UAV swarms in complex scenarios
Brief description of the activities: Recently, the application domain of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has grown in several fields from civil purposes, to agriculture, among many others. In particular, UAVs swarms offer many advantages, including a better efficiency in terms of task execution times, and robustness by virtue of the intrinsic system redundancy. However, different challenges arise, as the design of collision-free control and coordination strategies among UAVs, taking into account their practical feasibility with respect to software and hardware limitations, as well as in front of uncertain conditions and disturbances affecting the working environment.
In both the opened positions the research activity consists of three mandatory steps. The first one relies on the bibliographic research and on the mathematical modelling of the UAVs and their communication network. Then, suitable control techniques for the considered case studies should be designed. Finally in one case the focus will be more on the verification of the design algorithms via classical simulation tools such as Matlab and Simulink; in the other case the focus will be more on their implementation on real quadrotors embedded with Autopilot for PX4 and programmed via ROS software.
Deadline for application: 06/03/2024
Place: Dipartimento di Elettronica Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
How to apply
Please submit your application following the detailed instructions at these links:
www.polimi.it/personale-docente/lavorare-al-politecnico/bandi-per-assegni-di-ricerca/a-r-18818
www.polimi.it/personale-docente/lavorare-al-politecnico/bandi-per-assegni-di-ricerca/a-r-18820
Research group:
Prof. Gian Paolo Incremona
Prof. Lorenzo Fagiano
Prof. Luca Bascetta
Prof. Maria Prandini
Prof. Marcello Farina
Prof. Alessandro Falsone
Contacts
For any doubt or questions, please contact Prof. Gian Paolo Incremona (gianpaolo.incremona@polimi.it)
