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PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Fernando Vanegas is a Lecturer at the School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics of the Queensland University of Technology. He holds a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Halmstad University and a PhD in Aerial Robotics from QUT. His research focuses on Drone Autonomy and Drone-based remote sensing. He has led the development of frameworks for planning UAV missions in GNSS-denied environments using reinforcement learning and optimal sequential decision-making. His current research interests include motion planning for UAV exploration in GPS-denied and cluttered environments, POMDP, SLAM and Visual Odometry, and AI-assisted Remote Sensing
Projects
- Aerial Mapping of Forests Affected by Pathogens using UAVs, Hyperspectral Sensors and Artificial Intelligence: Myrtle Rust
- Autonomous Mission Planning, Navigation and Geological Feature Recognition using UAVs (Drones)
- Autonomous UAV decision making under environment and target detection uncertainty
- Multi-UAV Navigation in GPS-Denied Environments under Location and Environmental Uncertainty
- Navigating Under the Forest Canopy and in the Urban Jungle
- UAV Navigation using semantic cues
- UAVs/ Drones for Agriculture and Plant Biosecurity
- Use of UAS and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Early detection of Phylloxera Infestation in Vineyards
- When every second counts: Multi-drone navigation in GPS-denied environments