The JAviator Project

Rainer designs the JAviator quadrotor and assembles various avionics and measuring components. He is our mechanical engineering expert and thus works in collaboration with Rajan on the control software.

Harald develops the Java-based software infrastructure for implementing the JAviator control system. He is in charge of continually monitoring the architecture and progress of all JAviator software components.

Daniel figures out all the physical and aerial subtleties arising from various dynamics and telemetry requirements. He is also our source of knowledge regarding measurement and control technology.

Silviu is responsible for extending the navigation environment to offer full 3-D motion tracking of the JAviator. Hence he is faced with the challenge of creating close-to-reality JAviator visualization effects.

Rajan implements the 6-axis stabilization and trajectory control software that regulates the JAviator for the required roll, pitch, and yaw angle and also accepts Cartesian coordinates to enable fully autonomous navigation.

Josh builds the Exotask library and integrates its custom support in IBM's Metronome-based Java virtual machine. He also makes sure everything is Gumstix-ready for implementation in the JAviator software environment.

David works on all the dodgy details like real-time garbage collection to ensure reliable operation within the Java environment. His knowledge and experience gained in this field greatly contributes to the JAviator control system.

Christoph helps everyone through problems that they encounter. He comes into contact with all team members the most frequently and thus serves as both a liaison between team members and overall vision proponent.