Biography for Bruce R. Woodley

Bruce R. Woodley: Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Electrical Engineering.

Research Interests: My present focus is achieving high performance robust control design directly from experimental data, without utilizing plant models. This is achieved via the notion of direct unfalsified control (DUCk). For more information see Direct Unfalsified Control Design - Solution Via Convex Optimization.; Other research interests included control of multirate systems in the presence of significant communication delays. This work has enabled the high performance control of the Stanford HUMMINGBIRD Helicopter.

Publications

Direct Unfalsified Control Design - Solution Via Convex Optimization
In Proceedings 1999 American Control Conference, San Diego, June 1999. American Automatic Control Council.

Human-Robot Interaction for Field Operation of an Autonomous Helicopter
In Mobile Robots XIII and Intelligent Transportation Systems, volume 3525, pages 244--252, Boston MA, November 1998. SPIE.

Combined CDGPS and Vision-Based Control of a Small Autonomous Helicopter
In Proceedings 1998 American Control Conference, Philadelphia, June 1998. American Automatic Control Council.

Uncertainty Model Unfalsification With Simulation
In Proceedings 1998 American Control Conference, Philadelphia, June 1998. American Automatic Control Council.

A Contestant in the 1997 International Aerial Robotics Competition
In AUVSI '97 Proceedings. Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems, International, July 1997.

Carrier Phase GPS and Computer Vision for the Control of an Autonomous Helicopter
In Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation GPS-96 Conference, pages 461--465, Kansas City MO, September 1996.

A Contestant in the 1996 International Aerial Robotics Competition
In AUVSI '96 Proceedings, pages 939--946, Orlando FL, July 1996. Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems, International.

A Contestant in the 1995 International Aerial Robotics Competition
In Proceedings Manual. AUVS '95 Technical Papers, pages 669--676, Washington, DC, July 1995. Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems.

Education: Master of Science, Electrical Engineering.; Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, 1996.; Bachelor of Applied Science, Engineering Physics.; School of Engineering Science, Simon Fraser University, 1993.

Work Experience
1992-1993: Design Engineer Canadian Astronaut Program Office, Space Vision System Group.; Developed new pattern recognition system for image feature extraction, as part of the Advanced Space Vision System. ASVS is used to aid the positioning of the shuttle RMS for the construction of the International Space Station.
1991, 1989: Creo Products Incorporated; Developed a proof of concept system for cutting registration holes in film with a CO₂ laser.

Awards and Honors: Finalist, The 1996 Discover Awards For Technical Innovation.; 1st Place, 1995 International Aerial Robotics Competition.; 1st Place, 1995 World Pipe Band Championships, with The Simon Fraser University Pipe Band.; 1st Place, 1993 Gold Medal, Inverness, Scotland (world solo bagpiping championships).; G.M. Shrum Entrance Scholarship, Simon Fraser University.

Other Interests: Pipe Major (leader) of the Prince Charles Pipe Band; Private pilot, fixed wing aircraft

Here is an avi file showing aircraft tracking a convoy.

Bruce R. Woodley