Photograph from the FDCL announcement: Autonomous Aerial Exploration and Mapping at SEH
From FDCL’s July 19, 2018 announcement.

Evan Kaufman, Mahdis Bisheban, and Kanishke Gamagedara conducted flight experiments at GW’s Science and Engineering Hall. FDCL shared the results in a video titled “Autonomous Aerial 3D Exploration and Mapping.”

The demonstration links aerial robotics, mapping, and exploration in a physical indoor environment. The video is available through the original announcement.

Evan Kaufman, one of the researchers who conducted the SEH experiments.
Evan Kaufman, one of the researchers who conducted the SEH experiments.
Kanishke Gamagedara, who participated in the SEH experiments.
Kanishke Gamagedara, who participated in the SEH experiments.

Original FDCL announcement — July 19, 2018

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Taeyoung Lee

Taeyoung Lee is a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The George Washington University, with a courtesy appointment in Computer Science. He directs the Flight Dynamics and Control Laboratory and joined GW in 2011 after serving on the faculty at the Florida Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering and M.S. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan in 2008.