Overview
Welcome to the website of the Laboratory for Unmanned Vehicles (LUV) at Reykjavik University. Current research work at the lab is focused on both autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and unmanned air vehicles (UAVs).
News
December, 2011:
Fannar Andrason and Kristján Magnússon defended their BSc thesis in Mechancal and Energy
Engineering. The thesis title is "Líkangerð og vindgangatilraunir fyrir vélfugl (Modeling and wind tunnel
experiments for a mechanical flapping bird". The full report (in icelandic) can be found under publications.
August, 2011:
Kristinn J. Kristinsson defended his MSc thesis in Mechanical Engineering on August 25th. The thesis title is "Launch and recovery of the Gavia AUV".
June, 2011:
Indriði Sævar Ríkharðsson, Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at
RU, joined the lab.
The construction of a low-speed wind tunnel was completed in May by undergraduate students at
Reykjavik University. The wind tunnel is of open suction, open test section type. Full details of the wind
tunnel can be found here: http://projects.ru.is/wind-tunnel/.
This summer we have two undergraduate students, Fannar Andrason and Sveinn Albertsson, working at
the lab on a grant from the Icelandic Student Innovation Fund. They are developing experimental
instrumentaion for the wind tunnel and a CNC foam cutter.
Bjarni Helgason started work on his M.Sc. project involving low-speed control of the Gavia AUV.
January, 2011:
Hjalti Harðarson and Leifur Leifsson received a grant for the flapping-wing project from the Icelandic Technology Development Fund (Tækniþróunarsjóður), see here.
Steinar Rúnarsson, BS student at RU, joined the lab. This spring semester his project will be to assemble
the SUMO aircraft and get it operational.
September, 2010:
The LUV has joined the SUMO project. Collaborators include Jochen Reuder, Reiknistofa í veðurfræði and ENAC.
Stefán Þór Bjarnason successfully completed his summer project and the final report is now available on this web. Special thanks to the School of Science and Engineering at Reykjavik University for their funding of the material costs and to the Icelandic Student Innovation Fund for their funding of the work. We would also like to thank to the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) for their support and lend of facilities.
June, 2010:
Stefan Þór Bjarnason received a grant from the Icelandic Student Innovation fund (Nýsköpunarsjóður námsmanna) for the project "A control system for an ornithopter". The project is also funded by the School of Science and Engineering.
A force balance has been designed and the mechanical parts have been machined using the in-house machine shop. Currently we are inserting the load cells and implementing a data aquisition system. Calibration and testing will be performed in August.
The design of a low-speed wind-tunnel is nearly completed. The wind-tunnel will be positioned in the basement of the new build of Reykjavik University. Construction will start in the beginning of August.
May, 2010:
Leifur Leifsson visited the Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton (Ohio) and the Eglin AFB in Valaparasio (Florida) and gave a lecture on UAV research at LUV.
Contact Information
Dr. Leifur Þór Leifsson
School of Science and Engineering, Reykjavik University
Menntavegur 1, 101 Reykjavik, Iceland
Phone: +354 599 6379, Fax: +354 599 6201
leifurth(at)ru.is