{"id":2,"date":"2023-01-12T12:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T12:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/casy\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:44:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:44:49","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/casy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooperative Autonomous SYstems (CASY) lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>PI<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/person\/shima-tal\/\">Prof. Tal Shima<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Research &amp; Lab<\/h4>\n<p data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">The interdisciplinary guidance-related research performed in the CASY lab spans from the high-level problem of cooperative team mission planning to optimizing trajectories for dynamical systems, then to the problem of trajectory-following, and, lastly, to low-level control of a single vehicle. In our research and experiments, we seek to devise new algorithms and strategies for performing these cooperative or individual tasks and to gain insight into the interactions between the different levels of planning and control.<\/p>\n<p>Scenarios of specific interest include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1-on-1 pursuit-evasion<\/li>\n<li>N-on-1 cooperative pursuit-evasion<\/li>\n<li>N-on-M guidance and task assignment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?hl=en&amp;user=pp_nzaUAAAAJ&amp;view_op=list_works&amp;sortby=pubdate\">our research<\/a> we seek to devise algorithms &amp; strategies for performing these cooperative or individual tasks and to gain insight into interactions between different levels of planning.<\/p>\n<p>Our theoretical research is supplemented by experiments in our CASY lab, composed of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aerial &amp; ground robots + missile test platform<\/li>\n<li>OptiTrack motion-capture system for pose estimation<\/li>\n<li>ROS-based scalable framework for multiple robots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 data-ogsb=\"white\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(31, 73, 125)\"><strong>Research\/Student\/Lab positions<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p data-ogsb=\"white\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(31, 73, 125)\">Research positions are available in the general area of guidance of unmanned vehicles, mainly aerial ones. The research will involve both theoretical and algorithmic aspects. Laboratory experiments on available ground and aerial robots may also be performed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ogsb=\"white\">First-degree (B.Sc\/BA) students can apply to work at the lab part-time or for a full-time internship.<\/p>\n<h5 data-ogsb=\"white\">M.Sc, Ph.D, and post-doc<\/h5>\n<p data-ogsb=\"white\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(31, 73, 125)\">Candidates should respectively have a B.Sc.\/BA, M.Sc.\/ME, and Ph.D. in engineering (aerospace, mechanical, electrical, or similar), computer science, or applied math. Background in optimal control and\/or differential games is an advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 data-ogsb=\"white\">B.Sc and interns<\/h5>\n<p>Candidates should have solid knowledge of dynamical systems and control theory and programming languages Matlab and Python\/C++. Practical experience with hardware (e.g., Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Nvidia Jetson), Linux OS and ROS is an advantage.<\/p>\n<h5 data-ogsb=\"white\">Application procedure<\/h5>\n<p>To apply, please send the following materials in .pdf format to <span data-ogsc=\"rgb(31, 73, 125)\"><a href=\"mailto:tal.shima@technion.ac.il\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\" data-ogsc=\"\">tal.shima@technion.ac.il<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(31, 73, 125)\">Cover letter<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(31, 73, 125)\">Grades transcripts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(31, 73, 125)\"><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(31, 73, 125)\">Detailed CV, including educational background (all applications) and a list of publications (<\/span><\/span>M.Sc, Ph.D, and post-doc applications)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PI &#8211; Prof. Tal Shima &nbsp; Research &amp; Lab The interdisciplinary guidance-related research performed in the CASY lab spans from the high-level problem of cooperative team mission planning to optimizing trajectories for dynamical systems, then to the problem of trajectory-following, and, lastly, to low-level control of a single vehicle. 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