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Autonomous Flight and Landing on Mars with Behçet Açikmeşe (Part 2)

Autonomous Flight and Landing on Mars with Behçet Açikmeşe (Part 2)

Update: 2021-03-08
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Khari Douglas interviews Dr. Behçet Açikmeşe. Behçet was a technologist and a senior member of the Guidance and Control (G&C) Analysis Group at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) from 2003 to 2012 where he developed guidance, control, and estimation algorithms for formation-flying spacecraft and distributed networked systems, proximity operations around asteroids and comets, and planetary landing. He is currently a Professor in Aeronautics & Astronautics, as well as Electrical & Computer Engineering, at the University of Washington and a member of their Autonomous Controls Lab. In this episode, Dr. Acikmese discusses control theory and the University of Washington Autonomous Controls Lab.

Timestamps to jump to certain topics below:
Intro - (00:00 )
Control Systems and Spaceflight - (01:31 )
Convex vs. Non-convex Optimization - (10:25 )
Markov Decision Process - (14:02 )
Model Predictive Control - (19:43 )
Lossless Convexification - (21:04 )
University of Washington Autonomous Controls Lab - (25:00 )
Assured Autonomy - (31:15 )
Outro - (36:50 )
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Autonomous Flight and Landing on Mars with Behçet Açikmeşe (Part 2)

Autonomous Flight and Landing on Mars with Behçet Açikmeşe (Part 2)

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