Current Projects
Collaborative Drone
AUTONOMOUS DRONE HANDOFF SYSTEM
The proposed innovation employs a second drone to receive an item, say a package or battery, in mid-air from a first drone while both are in flight. The sequence of actions would consist of the flying first drone holding in some manner the item to be transferred and a flying second drone rendezvousing with it by flying within physical transfer range of each other, then the second drone grasping the item to be transferred in some manner and flying away with the item.

Drone Delivery Services
DRONE LANDING
Drone sensing system can enable a fast response, searching and monitoring individuals using remote sensing capabilities, and providing valuable information for advanced emergency management. Our solution is to propose a novel remote vital sign detection drone system using mmWave radar technology.

Laser Technology
Drone Vision Disruption
The proposed study is to develop a counter-drone system that detects the drone, identifies the camera on it, and disrupts it. This research is divided into three areas, i.e., drone and camera detection, real-time tracking system, and vision disruption based on laser dazzling.

Drone Swarms
ADAPTIVE BALANCED LIFT
The proposed innovation employs a swarm of independently flying drones to automatically coordinate together to lift and transfer an object. Motivations to employ swarm lift compared to a single drone for lifting may include that the object is too heavy for any one of the drones to individually lift or that multi-drone transport provides improved reliability and safety of transport.

GPS-Denied Environment
RADAR AIDED AGILE NAVIGATION
Navigating in GPS-denied environments is a critical challenge for drone systems, particularly in urban areas with tall buildings, indoor spaces with complex layouts, and remote locations with weak GPS signals. Our solution is to propose a novel Millimeter Wave (mmWave) radar aided drone navigation system.

Drone Delivery Services
VERTICAL GRID SCREENING
Delivery drones typically perform delivery by suspending the parcel vertically or landing the drone to drop off the package. This research proposes a novel drone delivery system for multi-story apartment buildings with balconies that employ two methods to detect unique markers to identify the precise balcony that needs to receive the product.

Monitoring of marine wildlife on the Great Barrier Reef
Drone to Monitor Marine Behaviour and Habitat
The way an animal behaves in its habitat provides insight into its ecological role. Faced with the shortcomings and physical limitations of traditional ground-based data collection techniques, particularly in marine studies, drones offer a low-cost and efficient approach for collecting data in a range of coastal environments.

Communication
Mm-Wave Communication Networks in Urban Environments
This project is developing new architectures for next-generation mobile network deployments. A critical aspect is the use of the mm-wave spectrum which offers 10-100 times the bandwidth used by current mobile networks, but comes with many challenges.

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