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Title:

GPS/INS Performance Enhancement for UAVs

Agreement Number:

EGP

Agreement Value:

$25,000.00

Agreement Date:

Apr 25, 2017 -

Organization:

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Location:

Quebec, CA

Reference Number:

GC-2017-Q1-00506

Agreement Type:

Grant

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Additional Information:

Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year. (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)

Recipient's Legal Name:

Forbes, James (McGill University)

Program:

Engage Grants for Universities

Program Purpose:

This NSERC Engage sponsored project focuses on advancing the current state-of-the-art in the field ofx000D
unmanned arial vehicle (UAV) position and attitude estimation through research and development of newx000D
techniques to increase the reliability and fidelity of GPS/INS navigation methodologies. GPS/INS navigationx000D
involves the fusion of inertial navigation measurements, such as those from a rate gyro, and GPS measurementsx000D
in order to generate a UAV position and attitude estimate. This position and attitude estimate is critical forx000D
control of the UAV. The purpose of this NSERC Engage is to develop a tightly -coupled GPS/INS navigationx000D
system, a sliding window filter, and a real-time kinematic estimation method to better estimate the position andx000D
attitude of a UAV. In conjunction with ARA Robotique, the proposed algorithms will be implemented andx000D
experimentally tested on ARA Robotique UAVs.