Advanced Dynamics and Control Laboratory

The Advanced Dynamics and Control Laboratory (ADCL) supports research activities aimed at advancing aviation and space technologies.

Goals of this lab include: 

• Designing advanced intelligent and reliable flight control systems focusing on safety
• Applying robotics to future space missions, such as the servicing of existing and future satellites
• Working with existing technologies in performing complex tasks through various robotic tools, simulation and operational techniques

Equipment

• This laboratory provides direct access to the VICON Motion Capture System
• DENSO VP-Series Six-Axis articulated robot
• Partial-gravity crane and cube testbed
• Gimabled spacecraft test bed
• Motion-based flight simulator
• Vector Lambda GPU Computer for Deep Learning
• Fleet of quadrotors and fixed-wing uncrewed systems