Pieter van Goor received the European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship for his project MEW: Multirotor Estimation of Wind. He joined the RAM group on June 17 and is working under the supervision of Prof. Antonio Franchi.
Wide-spread adoption of multirotor drone technology is hindered by the sensitivity of existing systems to unpredictable disturbances caused by wind forces that they are not able to estimate and hence mitigate. The MEW project seeks to use recently developed acoustic wind sensors in a sophisticated and mathematically sound estimation framework. Researchers will design entirely new algorithms for the estimation of wind forces so that they may be compensated for by the multirotor flight control system. Real-world tests and experiments will demonstrate the soundness of the research and lead to software implementations that are ready to be adopted by industry.
If you would like to know more about the project or collaborate or work with Pieter, please contact him via email at p.c.h.vangoor@utwente.nl
