Professor Tom Richardson
M.Eng., Ph.D.(Bristol)
Current positions
Professor of Aerial Robotics
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
Contact
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Research interests
I currently lecture in Flight Mechanics and Control. My principal research interest is Control, ranging from classical flight control up to high-level decision-making and autonomy. Recently I have been working with members from Engineering Mathematics to address the problem of autonomy within groups of unmanned air vehicles.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
WildDrone
Principal Investigator
Role
Collaborator
Description
Autonomous Drones for Nature Conservation MissionsManaging organisational unit
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design EngineeringDates
01/01/2023 to 31/12/2026
1 year RAIN expansion project - demonstrators
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/04/2021 to 31/03/2022
Complex Autonomous aircraft Systems Configuration, Analysis and Design Exploratory
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Aerial robotics or dronesManaging organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/02/2018 to 31/10/2023
Practical use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for the Environmental Sciences
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/04/2016 to 31/03/2019
ASTRAEA II Autonomous Air-to-Air Refuelling
Principal Investigator
Description
Development of sensors and control systems for autonomous air-to-air refuelling, including Relative Motion Robotic (RMR) facility.Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
01/07/2010 to 30/06/2013
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
19/06/2024Use case design for swarms of firefighting UAVs via mutual shaping
2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Its Social Impacts (ARSO)
WildBridge
15th annual International Micro Air Vehicle Conference and Competition
Remote Sensing of Aerospace Usage Profiles via Air Traffic Data
Review of aeronautical fatigue and structural integrity investigations in the UK during the period May 2021 - April 2023
pyaerso: A Rust-backed Python Module for Accessible Flight Dynamics Modelling for Machine Learning
Airborne Gamma-ray Mapping Using Fixed-wing Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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