The Boeing Company

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mario J Valenti

James J Troy

John Lyle Vian

Charles A Erignac

Emad William Saad

Ali Reza Mansouri

Gregory John Clark

Stefan Richard Bieniawski

Paul Murray

Jonathan Patrick How

Paul E R Pigg

Khaled Abdel-Motagaly

Brett M Bethke

Ronald Carl Provine

Paul E Pigg

Ali R Mansouri

Gregory J Clark

Stefan R Bieniawski

John L Vian

Ronald C Provine

Emad W Saad

Jonathan B How

Systems and methods for development testing of vehicles and components are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a position reference system and a command and control architecture. The position reference system is configured to repetitively measure one or more position and motion characteristics of one or more vehicles operating within a control volume. The command and control architecture is configured to receive the repetitively measured characteristics from the position reference system, and to determine corresponding control signals based thereon. The control signals are then transmitted to the one or more vehicles to control at least one of position, movement, and stabilization of the one or more vehicles in a closed-loop feedback manner. The system may further include a health monitoring component configured to monitor health conditions of the one or more vehicles, the control signals being determined at least in part on the health conditions.

Autonomous vehicle rapid development testbed systems and methods

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Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Mario J Valenti