The ACE Lab at WPI is a vibrant group of talented graduate and undergraduate students advised by Prof. Raghvendra V. Cowlagi. We are a part of the Aerospace Engineering Department at WPI. We study the science of autonomous mobile vehicles such as small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and self-driving cars.

The last three decades have witnessed steady progress in the science and engineering of autonomous systems, and specifically of autonomous mobile vehicles. Unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAVs), passenger cars, cargo trucks, and industrial robots, all with varying levels of autonomy, are becoming increasingly commonplace. The collective wealth of knowledge in the science and practice of autonomous systems is overwhelmingly large.

We contribute to this wealth of knowledge in several areas:

• Decision-making under uncertainty using as few measurements as possible. Read about it here.
• Generative artificial intelligence for emulating autonomous systems. Read about it here.
• High level intelligence in autonomous motion planning. Read about it here.
• Selective listening in V2V communications. Read about it here.
• Accident analysis and system safety. Read about it here.

ACE Lab resides in Higgins Laboratories at WPI, with a satellite facility in 85 Prescott St capable of indoor experiments with multiple aerial and wheeled vehicles supported by a high-resolution motion capture system.

We are grateful for external funding support from several agencies over the years including the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the Army DEVCOM Analysis Center, the Air Force Research Laboratory, the US Air Force Small Business Innovation Research program.