Aerial Informatics and Robotics Group

Microsoft AirSim (Aerial Informatics and Robotics Simulation) is an open-source robotics simulation platform. From ground vehicles, wheeled robotics, aerial drones, and even static IoT devices, AirSim can capture data for models without costly field operations.

The Windflow project explores the research questions: Could airplanes in flight be employed as a vast sensor network to determine atmospheric conditions? Could data available today be used to infer winds on a large scale without special plane-based wind sensors…

The goal of this project is to build a generalized vehicle-agnostic system that can provide safety guarantees in the face of an uncertain world. We are defining what “safe” means, and building a theoretical framework that treats uncertainty in perception…