SENSOR FUSION LABORATORY

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SENSOR FUSION LABORATORY
Thad Roppel, Associate Professor AU Electrical
and Computer Engineering Dept. troppel_at_eng.auburn.
edu

• EXAMPLES
• Distributed networks of semi-autonomous vehicles
• Biomimetics imitating animal sensorimotor
  behaviors
• Chemical sensor arrays artificial nose
• Infrared / Millimeter wave radar for vehicle
  detection and identification

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SENSOR FUSION LABORATORY
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Personnel and Publications

• Current Students
• Rama Narendran (PhD) Biomimetic Simulations of
  Organized Machine Behavior
• Arun Raghunathan (MS) Autonomous rovers
• Adam Ray (MS) Development system for
  cooperative robotics research
• Four undergraduates working in the area of
  cooperative machines

• REPRESENTATIVE RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• D. M. Wilson, T. Roppel, and R. Kalim,
  "Aggregation of Sensory Input for Robust
  Performance in Chemical Sensing Microsystems,"
  Sensors and Actuators B, 64(13), 107-117, June
  2000.
• T. Roppel and D. M. Wilson, "Biologically-Inspired
  Pattern Recognition for Odor Detection," Pattern
  Recognition Letters, 21(3), 213219, March 2000.
• D. M. Wilson, K. Dunman, T. Roppel, and R. Kalim,
  "Rank Extraction in Tin-Oxide Sensor Arrays,"
  Sensors and Actuators B, 62(3), 199-210, April
  2000.
• T. Roppel, R. Kalim, and D. Wilson, "Sensory
  Plane Analog-VLSI for Interfacing Sensor Arrays
  to Neural Networks, " Virtual Intelligence and
  Dynamic Neural Networks VI-DYNN '98, Stockholm,
  Sweden, June 22-26, 1998.

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Summary of Selected Projects
Robotic Networks Build cooperative human /
robotic networks with distributed, redundant C3I
capability. Use optic flow to replace GPS for
navigation.
IR / MMW DATA FUSION (AFOSR) Improved
identification of military vehicles from aerial
scenes using neural networks applied to
co-boresighted IR and MMW radar sensors.
Chemical Sensor Arrays (DARPA) Improved
identification and detection of chemical plumes
in non-laboratory conditions.
Biomimetics Learn sensor fusion from animals.
Apply this to flying a drone to target using
onboard video