Autonomous%20Airship

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Autonomous Airship

• Objective Extended duration autonomous aerial
  presence.

Concept Solar powered, lighter-than-air vehicle
for environmental monitoring.
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Extended Aerial Presence

• Participants
• Field Robotics Center (CMU)
• GRASP Lab (U. Penn)
• Environmental Institute (CMU)

• Near-term goals
• Airship flight control and autonomy
• Optimal paths for 3-D volume sampling
• Collect environmental data in flight
  experiment

• Long term goals
• Solar powered airship
• Continuous, month-long flight