Drone Studio
The largest of its kind in academia, ASU’s newly unveiled Drone Studio is an instrumented space that provides a safe, controlled environment to test drone control, dynamic robot swarms and human-swarm interactions.
Drone Studio
The largest of its kind in academia, ASU’s newly unveiled Drone Studio is an instrumented space that provides a safe, controlled environment to test drone control, dynamic robot swarms and human-swarm interactions.
Specifications
The Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering recently launched academia’s largest indoor motion capture facility for drone research.
Outfitted with more than 100 high-precision, infrared cameras and a 3D tracking system, the new drone testing facility will serve as a hub for academic, government and industry research partners to study multi-robot swarming, cyber-physical systems and human-robot interactions.
10,000 square feet
23-foot-tall ceilings
105 high-definition OptiTrack cameras
360 measurements per second for high-speed tracking of motion and dynamics
<0.5 mm precision
6 in 1 modular workspaces
Born from within
Want to know more? Learn about the studio’s transformation from an old gym to a state-of-the-art drone testing facility, and the researchers who brought it to fruition.
Vision
Inspired by innovative thinking and enterprising research goals, the Drone Studio will be a premier testbed for drone research collaboration and learning. From studying integrated communications systems for autonomous vehicles to biomechanics and human motion, the new instrumented space will be a hub for highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research of advanced drone technologies.
Research opportunities
Multi-robot swarming
- Security
- Formation
- Macro behavior
- Control
Cyberphysical systems
- Networking
- Intelligence and information
- Environmental interaction
Autonomous vehicles
- Coordinated decision making
- Intersection management
- V2V and V2I communication
Human-swarm interaction
- Human-swarm interfaces
- Aggregate control
- Group dynamics
- Heterogeneous interaction
Modeling biological systems
- Athletics
- Bio-inspired locomotion
Search and rescue
- Tech development
Large systems
- Dynamics
- Safe drones for human interaction
- Coordination of autonomous vehicles
Large swarms
- Security
- Formation
- Macro behavior
- Control
Multi-robot swarming
- Security
- Formation
- Macro behavior
- Control
Modeling Biological Systems
- Athletics
- Bio-inspired locomotion
Cyberphysical systems
- Networking
- Intelligence and information
- Environmental interaction
Search and rescue
- Tech development
Autonomous vehicles
- Coordinated Decision Making
- Intersection Management
- V2V and V2I Communication
Large systems
- Dynamics
- Safe drones for Human Interaction
- Coordination of autonomous vehicles
Human-swarm interaction
- Human-swarm interfaces
- Aggregate control
- Group dynamics
- Heterogeneous interaction
Large swarms
- Security
- Formation
- Macro behavior
- Control
Collaboration and outreach opportunities
Multidisciplinary collaboration
- School of Earth and Space Exploration
- Athletics
- Government and industry
Other opportunities for learning
- Competitions
- Classroom instruction
- K-12 outreach
Future capabilities
- Mock cities
- Environmental disturbances
- Virtual reality/augmented reality
Collaboration and outreach opportunities
Multidisciplinary collaboration
- School of Earth and Space Exploration
- Athletics
- Government and industry
Other opportunities for learning
- Competitions
- Classroom instruction
- K-12 outreach
Future capabilities
- Mock cities
- Environmental disturbances
- Virtual reality/augmented reality
Explore the Drone Studio photo gallery
Investigators and sponsors
Investigators
- Panos Artemiadis (Principal Investigator)
- Stephanie Gil
- Spring Berman
- Hamid Marvi
- Yezhou Yang
- Wenlong Zhang
Sponsors
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) award (Panos Artemiadis, Principal Investigator)
- Fulton Schools faculty contributions
- Office of the Dean, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
