HoTDeC

HoTDeC (HOvercraft Testbed for DEcentralized Control) is an autonomous vehicle testbed developed at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Consists of several autonomous, wirelessly inter-connected hovercraft that can be operatedvia the internet.

In 2001, HoTDeC was the first ever testbed that featured agents with the following properties:
* Fully autonomous
* Inter-networked
* Marginally stable
* Peer-affecting dynamics (peer drag and thrust effects similar to interacting aircraft)
* Controlled using wireless feedbackDuring theirACC 2004 paper presentation, in Boston MA, the group demonstrated the testbed whileconnected to the lab through the internet in real-time.
More info:

* [http://elegy.mie.uiuc.edu/hotdec Project webpage]

References

* A. Stubbs, V. Vladimerou, A. Fulford, D. King, J. Strick, and G. Dullerud: "Multivehicle Systems Control over Networks", [http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/csm/index.php IEEE Control Systems Magazine] , June 2006, Vol. 26, No 3, pp 56-69
* [http://www.uiuc.edu University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign]
* [http://www.mie.uiuc.edu Mechanical and Industrical Engineering Department at UIUC]
* [http://elegy.mie.uiuc.edu Research Group's webpage]