Shared Situational Awareness in Austere Environments
Sponsor: Lockheed Martin
Investigators: PI: Sean Humbert (CU), Co-PI: Chris Heckman (CU)
DARPA Subterranean Challenge
Sponsor: DARPA TTO
Investigators: PI: Sean Humbert (CU), Co-PI: Chris Heckman (CU), Eric Frew (CU), Steve McGuire (UCSC)
Blister Labs: Quantitative In-Field Gear Testing
Sponsor: Gunnison TAPP (Tourism and Prosperity Partnership)
Investigators: PI: Jeni Blacklock (CU), Co-PIs: Sean Humbert (CU), Greg Vanderbeek (CU), Jonathan Ellsworth (BLISTER)
HASEL Artificial Muscles for Human Scale Robotics
Sponsor: ARL
Investigators: PI: Shane Mitchell (Artimus Robotics), Co-PI: Sean Humbert (CU)
NSF CPS: Synthetic, Distributed Sensing, Soft and Modular Tissue (sTISSUE)
Sponsor: NSF
Investigators: PI: Mark Rentschler (CU), Co-PI: Sean Humbert (CU), Christoph Keplinger (CU), Nikolaus Correll (CU)
NSF EFRI: An End-To-End Framework for Soft Robot Design and Control Based on High Performance Electrohydraulic Transducers
Sponsor: NSF
Investigators: PI: Rob Shepherd (Cornell), Co-PIs: Sean Humbert (CU), Christoph Keplinger (CU), Amit Lal (Cornell), Hadas Kress-Gazit (Cornell)
iSCARMIN: Integrated Sensors, Computation, and Actuation for Robust Micro Intelligence Networks
Sponsor: DARPA
Investigators: PI: Andrew Browning (AeroVironment), Co-PI: Sean Humbert (CU), Holger Krapp (Imperial College), Geof Barrows (Centeye)
The Mode Sensing Hypothesis
Sponsor: AFOSR (Pat Bradshaw), AFRL (Ric Wehling)
Investigators: PI: Sean Humbert (UMD/CU), Co-PIs: Graham Taylor (Oxford University), Holger Krapp (Imperial College)
AFOSR Center of Excellence on Nature Inspired Flight Technologies and Ideas (NIFTI)
Sponsor: AFOSR
Investigators: PI: Tom Daniel (UW); Institute Leads: Sean Humbert (CU); Sarah Bergbreiter (CMU); Pamela Abshire (UMD); Cindy Moss (JHU); Mark Willis (CWRU)
Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance (CTA)
Sponsor: ARL (Joseph Mait)
Investigators: Sean Humbert (CU – MCE Thrust Lead); Vijay Kumar (UPenn – CNC Thrust Lead); Kamal Sarabandi (Michigan – SPP Thrust Lead); Larry Matthies (JPL – JX Thrust Lead)
Proprioceptive Wings for Robust Flight (PWings)
Sponsor: AFRL (Tony Thompson)
Investigators: PI: Aurora Flight Sciences (Terrence McKenna), Co-PIs: Sean Humbert (UMD)
VLRCoE: Proximity Sensing for Degraded Visibility Conditions
Sponsor: ARL Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCoE)
Investigators: PI: Inder Chopra (UMD); Co-PI: Sean Humbert (UMD)
ARO Young Investigator – Insect-Inspired Visual Flight Control for Aerial Microsystems
Sponsor: ARO (Randy Zachary)
Investigators: PI: Sean Humbert (UMD)
ONR MURI – AIRFOILS: Animal-Inspired Robust Flight with Outer and Inner Loop Strategies
Sponsor: ONR (Marc Steinberg)
Investigators: PI: Kristi Morgansen (UW), Co-PIs: Sean Humbert (UMD), Tim Horiuchi (UMD), Jason Vance (College of Charleston)
Collision Avoidance and Local Guidance Based on Insect Visual Motion Processing
Sponsor: AFRL-Eglin (Johnny Evers)
Investigators: PI: Pat Shoemaker (Tanner Research, Inc.) Co-PIs: Sean Humbert (UMD), David O’Carroll (Univ of Adelaide)
Bio-Inspired Sensing and Hierarchical GN&C for Traversing Urban Clutter
Sponsor: AFRL-WPAFB (Mark Mears)
Investigators: PI: Jim Paduano (Aurora Flight Sciences), CoPIs: Sean Humbert (UMD), Tim Horiuchi (UMD)
The Relationship Between Visual Sensor Equipment in Flying Insects and their Flight Performance – a ‘Neurobio-Engineering’ Approach
Sponsor: AFOSR (Willard Larkin)
Investigators: PI: Sean Humbert (UMD), Holger Krapp (Imperial College)
AFOSR MURI – Biologically Inspired Flapping Flight
Sponsor: AFOSR (Doug Smith)
Investigators: PI: Wei Shyy (Univ of Michigan), Co-PIs: Sean Humbert (UMD), Jason Vance (College of Charleston)
AD-150 Tilt Duct VTOL Flight Dynamics Modeling
Sponsor: Maryland Industrial Partnerships – MIPS (Ronnie Gist)
Investigators: PI: Sean Humbert (UMD), Co-PIs: Paul Vasilescu (ADFS), Jewel Barlow (UMD)
Bio-Inspired Flow Sensing and Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Sponsor: ONR (Tom McKenna)
Investigators: PI: Derek Paley (UMD), Co-PIs: Sean Humbert (UMD), Sheryl Coombs (BGSU), Xiaobo Tan (MSU)
Hawkmoth: A Bio-Inspired, Hover-Capable Nano UAV
Sponsor: US Army VTD (Mark Valco)
Investigators: PI: Sean Humbert (UMD), Co-PI: Paul Samuel (Daedalus Flight Systems)
Autonomous Flight of a Robotic Samara Micro-Air-Vehicle and Control Model for Robotic Samara
Sponsor: MURI (ARO)
Investigators: PI: Inder Chopra (UMD), Co-PI: Darryll Pines, Sean Humbert (UMD)
MEMS Setae for Bio-Inspired Wind and Lift Sensing
Sponsor: ARL (Ed Measure)
Investigators: PI: Jim Paduano (Aurora Flight Sciences), Co-PI: Sean Humbert (UMD)