TU Delft Swarming Lab

How can drone formations stay intact when their radio communication is jammed? This question has been answered by researchers around Suryansh Sharma who developed an acoustic communication framework that was validated on the Crazyflie swarm in our lab! ➡ How it works: Messages can be encoded in the motor PWM signals, resulting in subtle vibrations that can be heard by other drones in the swarm 👂. Taking inspiration from barn owl 🦉 feathers, the propeller noise can be silenced to enable communication of up to 16 drones at a time. This way, the drones can exchange emergency information and avoid crashes when radio communcation is not an option. 📄Paper: https://lnkd.in/eGzZuDX9 Check out this video for a more detailed explanation: https://lnkd.in/eFSibrYF

Swarming Lab is in the news! Last week we welcomed press into the newly opened lab, with Guido De Croon, Raj Thilak Rajan and Lennart Bult graciously presenting their work and research into robotic swarms. After several interviews and curious questions, we showcased our in-house swarm. Additionally, Servaas Clerckx, representing the Computer Vision and Geometry group at ETH Zürich, demonstrated the control of the Crazyflie 2.0 using a Microsoft Hololens. Please find the coverage of NU in the link below. Keep an eye out in Dutch media for further coverage! https://lnkd.in/eFkchJne

On the 20th of June, we officially opened the TU Delft Swarming Lab! Although we've been collaborating with students and researchers over the past year, this event marks the formal beginning of our dedicated journey into swarm robotics research. We would like to give our thanks to all attendees, speakers, and contributors who made this event a success. Special appreciation goes to Guido De Croon, Raj Thilak Rajan, Chris Verhoeven, and the team over at Emergent Swarm Solutions, as well as Daniëlle Dekker and Carma Schaap from TU Delft Science Centre - TU Delft. Without their guidance and support, this event and lab would not have been possible. If you are a student, researcher, or anyone engaged in the field of swarm robotics and are considering embarking on a new project, thesis, or research initiative, we encourage you to get in touch with us. Together, we can shape the future of swarm robotics!

If you are excited about the potential of swarming, then this PhD position might be interesting for you!

Venture into the realms where humans cannot reach, and infrastructure does not exist. This video showcases the development of autonomous systems designed to navigate and explore the universe's most extreme and unknown environments on our behalf. Projects like Lunar Zebro represent our tiny yet significant contributions to humanity's quest for knowledge and understanding of the cosmos. TU Delft | Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Raj Thilak Rajan, TU Delft | Signal Processing Systems, TU Delft Swarming Lab #university #research #microelectronics #science #signalprocessing #distributedsystems #swarmintelligence #autonomoussystems #swarms

Vacancy: Student Assistant for Portable Drone Swarm We're looking for a TU Delft student to join our team in the lab! For the purpose of showing the potential of drone and swarming technology to students across the country, a new robust and easy-to-use Crazyflie swarm will be set up. If you have experience with ROS2, Python and software design, check out the link below and send a message with a short description of yourself to operations.swarminglab@tudelft.nl https://rb.gy/a9mzvp