UPM Autonomous Systems Laboratory

AIRSHIP: A new funded project !!!

In December 2022 we started a new project on a new class of autonomous efficient vehicle: AIRSHIP. AIRSHIP is a project funded by the European Commission through the Horizon Europe programme in topic HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-13 Digital aviation technologies for new aviation business models, services, emerging global threats and industrial competitiveness. In Read more…

Bounding Autonomy

In a sense, full autonomy seems to be the central objective of any automatic control systems research program. But, for different reasons, it is not. Let’s analise some of the reasons for this apparent paradox. First, nobody in charge of real production systems want the plants to be fully autonomous because of Read more…

Robustness and Resilience

for Autonomous Systems An ASLab Research Seminar Our lives depend on the technical infrastructure that surrounds us. The contemporary -beginnings of XXI century- human ecosystem is composed not just of our preys, our predators, the fruits to gather and the inclement climate. If we consider our day-to-day lives we found Read more…