BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250417T121727Z UID:0A6EC7BB-745B-466D-9905-A436B3E41F68 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250416T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250416T130000 DESCRIPTION:The Intelligent Systems Division at SwRI has worked on a wide v ariety of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) projects varying from autonomy in confined GPS denied spaces to installing sensors on transmission power lin es. This talk will give an overview of the UAS projects the Robotics Depar tment has worked on in the last few years.\n\nA major focus has been auton omous navigation and exploration with UAS in GPS denied environments. SwRI has developed a software stack that enables exploration in indoor environ ments without reliance on GPS for localization. The stack has been used to explore and map the interior of a nuclear power plant\, natural limestone caves in San Antonio\, and a variety of warehouse buildings. The system c an operate fully autonomously without any user input except a takeoff and explore command. Beyond mapping the environment\, the vehicles can carry o ther sensors such as radiation sensors as demonstrated during the EnRicH 2 021 European Robotics Hackathon. This technology also has potential applic ations to explore off planet caves to search for signs of past life on Mar s and the Moon.\n\nSwRI has worked with the Electric Power Research Instit ute (EPRI) to develop an installation system for high voltage power transm ission monitors using UAS. The system mounted on a UAS can install an EPRI RF monitor onto power transmission lines without requiring linemen or buc ket trucks. The system increases the safety of the installation and signif icantly reduces the amount of time required to install the monitors.\n\nTa lk is limited to US citizens. Registration is required.\n\nCookies and dri nks will be provided.\n\nSpeaker(s): Anthony\n\nBldg: Building 51\, 6220 C ulebra Rd\, San Antonio\, Texas\, United States\, 78245 LOCATION:Bldg: Building 51\, 6220 Culebra Rd\, San Antonio\, Texas\, United States\, 78245 ORGANIZER:garrett.hall@my.utsa.edu SEQUENCE:10 SUMMARY:IEEE AESS: Autonomous UAS Exploration and Advanced Sensor Integrati on URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/470846 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast -font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: black\;">The Intelligent Systems Division at SwRI has worked on a wide variety of uncrewed aerial systems ( UAS) projects varying from autonomy in confined GPS denied spaces to insta lling sensors on transmission power lines. This talk will give an overview of the UAS projects the Robotics Department has worked on in the last few years.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-fam ily: 'Times New Roman'\; color: black\;">A major focus has been autonomous navigation and exploration with UAS in GPS denied environments. SwRI has developed a software stack that enables exploration in indoor environments without reliance on GPS for localization. The stack has been used to expl ore and map the interior of a nuclear power plant\, natural limestone cave s in San Antonio\, and a variety of warehouse buildings. The system can op erate fully autonomously without any user input except a takeoff and explo re command. Beyond mapping the environment\, the vehicles can carry other sensors such as radiation sensors as demonstrated during the EnRicH 2021 E uropean Robotics Hackathon. This technology also has potential application s to explore off planet caves to search for signs of past life on Mars and the Moon.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font- family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: black\;">SwRI has worked with the Elect ric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to develop an installation system for high voltage power transmission monitors using UAS. The system mounted on a UAS can install an EPRI RF monitor onto power transmission lines without requiring linemen or bucket trucks. The system increases the safety of th e installation and significantly reduces the amount of time required to in stall the monitors.</span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p class ="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; col or: black\;">Talk is limited to US citizens. Registration is required.</sp an></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; color: black\;">Cookies and drinks will be provided.</span>< /p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR