DAY 1 - Jan 15, 2018

Presentations (morning) + MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15

Invited external speaker: Randal Beard, BYU

Vision Based Navigation and Tracking with Small UAVs (pdf) (video)
10:30 Coffee break
10:50

Andreas Wenz, NTNU

Inflight Wind Velocity and Aerodynamic Coefficient Estimation for fixed Wing UAVs and Applications to Icing Detection (pdf) (video)

 

Christopher Dahlin Rodin, Maritime Robotics AS

Camera Image Acquisition: From Radiance to Detection of Objects (pdf) (video)

 

Fabio Andrade, NORUT

Search and Rescue UAV missions with object recognition using convolutional neural networks (pdf) (video)
12:50

Lunch

In parallel: Yoga class from 13:00 to 14:00 - Room B327 *
14:30 MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
16:00 Coffee break
16:20 MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
17:45 Wrap-up discussion
18:00

Closing

DAY 2 - Jan. 16, 2018

Presentations (morning) + MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15

Invited external speaker: Christopher J. Zappa, CU

Observing Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Processes from VTOL UAVs (pdf) (video)
10:30 Coffee break
10:50

Margarida Costa Faria, FADA-CATEC
Implementing Lazy Theta Star over Octrees (pdf) (video)
11:45

Paulo Dias, LSTS

The LSTS software toolchain (pdf) (video)
12:50 Lunch
14:30 MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
16:00 Coffee break
16:20 MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
17:45 Wrap-up discussion
18:00

Closing

DAY 3 - Jan. 17, 2018

Presentations (morning) + MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15

Invited external speaker: João Barbosa, Texas Advanced Computing Center

In-Situs Visualization: Addressing earth sciences scientific visualization challenges (pdf) (video)
10:30 Coffee break
10:50

Praveen Jain, UPORTO
Cooperative Path Following of Robotic Vehicles using Event based Control and Communication (pdf)  (video)

Bahareh Sabetghadam, IST
Cooperative motion planning for multiple underwater autonomous vehicles (pdf) (video)

Du Ho Duc, LIU
Modeling and fault detection of UAVs in closed-loop setups (pdf) (video)
12:50

Lunch

In parallel: Yoga class from 13:00 to 14:00 - Room B327 *
14:30

Invited external speaker: David Palma, NTNU

Software-Defined Intermittent Networking and H2020 Marie-Curie Actions Individual Fellowships (pdf) 
16:00 Coffee break
16:20 MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
17:45 Wrap-up discussion
18:00

Closing
20:00 Dinner at Torreão

DAY 4 - Jan. 18, 2018

Presentations (morning) + MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15

Invited external speaker: Matthew M. Fladeland, NASA

Briefing to University of Porto workshop on NASA Airborne Science Program and Ames UAVs (video)
10:30 Coffee break
10:50 Visit to LSTS
11:20

Anthony Hovenburg, Maritime Robotics AS
The design of a fixed-wing hybrid-electric UAV operating in marine environments (pdf) (video)

 

Mads Bornebusch, NTNU
Recovery of Fixed-wing UAVs on Ships Using Arrest Mechanism Suspended Between Two Multi-rotors (pdf) (video)
12:50

Lunch

In parallel: Yoga class from 13:00 to 14:00 - Room B327 *
14:30 MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
16:00 Coffee break
16:20 MarineUAS Challenge: software integration
17:45 Wrap-up discussion
18:00

Closing

DAY 5 - Jan. 19, 2018

Presentations (morning) + innovation day (afternoon)
9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15

Invited external speaker: Alessandro Rucco, Università del Salento

Optimization guidance strategies for (constrained) UAVs: Applications for target tracking of ground and marine vehicles (pdf) (video)
10:30 Coffee break
10:50

Nguyen Tuan Hung, IST
Cooperative Control of Multiple Autonomous Vehicles with Event Triggered Communication (pdf) (video)

 

Alojz Gomola, Honeywell
Platform independent obstacle avoidance system based on Reachable Sets (pdf) (video)
12:50 Lunch
14:30 Invited external speaker: Humberto Ayres Pereira
Finding and sequencing business opportunities in the Unmanned Systems space
(talk held at UPTEC)
15:30 Break
16:00 UPTEC visit and presentation
16:30 Visit to Connect Robotics
17:00 Visit to Gabinete de Desenvolvimento de Produto
17:30

Closing

Jan. 20-21, 2018

Free time; cultural events

DAY 6 - Jan. 22, 2018

MarineUAS challenge
9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15 MarineUAS challenge
10:30 Coffee-break
10:50 MarineUAS challenge
12:50

Lunch

In parallel: Yoga class from 13:00 to 14:00 - Room B327 *
14:30 MarineUAS Challenge
16:00 Coffee-break
16:20 MarineUAS challenge
17:45 Wrap-up discussion
18:00 Closing

 

DAY 7 - Jan. 23, 2018

MarineUAS challenge
9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15 MarineUAS challenge
10:30 Coffee-break
10:50 MarineUAS challenge
12:50 Lunch
14:30 MarineUAS Challenge
16:00 Coffee-break
16:20 MarineUAS challenge
17:45 Wrap-up discussion
18:00 Closing

DAY 8 - Jan. 24, 2018

MarineUAS challenge
9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15 MarineUAS challenge
10:30 Coffee-break
10:50 MarineUAS challenge
12:50 Lunch

In parallel: Yoga class from 13:00 to 14:00 - Room B327 *
14:30 MarineUAS Challenge
16:00 Coffee-break
16:20 MarineUAS challenge
17:45 Wrap-up discussion
18:00 Closing

DAY 9 - Jan. 25, 2018

9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15 Demonstration
10:30 Coffee-break
10:50 Demonstration
12:50 Lunch

In parallel: Yoga class from 13:00 to 14:00 - Room B327 *
14:30 Demonstration
16:00 Coffee-break
16:20 Demonstration
17:45 Wrap up and Report
18:00 Closing

DAY 10 - Jan. 26, 2018

9:00 Opening Session warm-up
9:15 Demonstration
10:30 Coffee-break
10:50 Demonstration
12:50 Lunch
14:30 Demonstration
16:00 Coffee-break
16:20 Demonstration
17:45 Presentation of the results
18:00 Closing

MarineUAS Challenges

Project 1 Converging avoidance maneuver for UAS: Design, analysis and implementation
Project 2 Distributed data acquisition from previously unknown positions of ground or sea level sensors, using multiple heterogeneous UAVs
Project 3 Autonomous structure inspection
Project 4 Cooperative Multi-agent UAV communication relay path planning
Project 5 Path planning and control of multiple Underwater Autonomous Vehicles for “go-to-formation” task
Project 6 Moving Path Following Control of AUV’s using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
Project 7 Waypoint tracking for a formation of several multirotor UAVs
Project 8 Wind Velocity estimator for fixed Wing UAVs