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
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
Micro air vehicle performance, stability and control
Principal Investigator
Role
Manager
Description
Masters thesis project: aerodynamic and control design and testing towards a functional micro air vehicle testbed. Airframe design, prototyping and wind tunnel testing, control system development using COTS components, integration…Managing organisational unit
Department of Aerospace EngineeringDates
30/09/2005 to 30/07/2006
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
21/06/2023Remote 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
High-altitude vertical wind profile estimation using multirotor vehicles
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Integrating Throttle into a Reinforcement Learning Controller for a Perched Landing of a Variable Sweep Wing UAV
AIAA SciTech Forum 2022
