Welcome to the website for Loughborough University Centre for Autonomous System (LUCAS), based at Loughborough University. LUCAS is a specialised research group, focusing on research in aerospace control. Comprised of both students and research professionals, LUCAS has strong links to many industrial partners and primarily works on research for unmanned applications. In addition to industry-backed research, a large part of LUCAS is post-graduate study, allowing for an investigation into areas not currently commercially explored.
Our specific areas of interest include:
See Research for more details
We are always looking for passionate new students (PhD and MSc/MEng) and post-docs to join the team (more info)
Please check out our GitHub page and Resources tab for software.
We are grateful for funding from UKRI, EPSRC, Newton Fund, dstl.
Congratulations LUCAS Alumni Prof Lei Guo elevated to Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
26 Oct 2023Report Prof Hyondong Oh from UNIST, South Korea gives us a talk
Oct 2023New post! The UKACC PhD Showcase and Prof Roger Goodall Memorial will be held at LU here.
July 2023Congratulations Dr Jun Yang has been promoted to Reader
July 2023Congratulations Dr Cunjia Liu has been promoted to Professor
Dec 2022Congratulations Dr Jun Yang has been named an IEEE Fellow
Feb 2022New post! IEEE International conference on mechatronics will be held at LU here.
Feb 2022Project Futuristic drones and survey robots converge on coastal farm
Jun 2021Project Next-generation drone technology for intelligent solar panel inspections by Logan Williams