Draper combines mission planning, PN&T, situational awareness, and novel GN&C designs to develop and deploy autonomous platforms for ground, air, sea and undersea needs. These systems range in complexity from human-in-the-loop to systems that operate without any human intervention. The design of these systems generally involves decomposing the mission needs into sets of scenarios that result in trade studies that lead to an optimized solution with key performance requirements. Draper continues to advance the field of autonomy through research in the areas of mission planning, sensing and perception, mobility, learning, real-time performance evaluation and human trust in autonomous systems.
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Autonomous Systems
This Underwater Drone Just Landed on TIME’s List of the 100 Best Inventions of 2019
The concept vehicle designed by Draper and Sprout Studios would move through the water on its own to sense microplastics
Precision Instrumentation
Draper Receives NASA’s Silver Achievement Medal
Image & Data Analytics
That’s Not Tea in Boston Harbor: Draper and EPA Sample for Microplastics
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