ASU Drone Studio

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ASU Drone Studio timeline

April 2018

DURIP award earned by Panos Artemiadis seeds funding for the ASU Drone Studio

December 2018

ASU Drone Studio opens

August 2019

Management of the ASU Drone Studio is taken over by the School of CIDSE (now SCAI); Stephanie Gil appointed as Studio director.

August 2020

ASU Drone Studio resumes operations after shut-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 2021

ASU Drone Studio opens to additional members of the ASU community and government and industry partners as a recharge center, allowing new ASU and external partners to reserve the ASU Drone Studio at hourly rates.

Vision

Inspired by innovative thinking and enterprising research goals, the Drone Studio is a premier testbed for drone research collaboration and learning. From studying integrated communications systems for autonomous vehicles to biomechanics and human motion, the instrumented space is a hub for highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research of advanced drone technologies.

ASU Drone Studio timeline

April 2018

DURIP award earned by Panos Artemiadis seeds funding for the ASU Drone Studio

December 2018

ASU Drone Studio opens

August 2019

Management of the ASU Drone Studio is taken over by the School of CIDSE (now SCAI); Stephanie Gil appointed as Studio director.

August 2020

ASU Drone Studio resumes operations after shut-down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 2021

ASU Drone Studio opens to additional members of the ASU community and government and industry partners as a recharge center, allowing new ASU and external partners to reserve the ASU Drone Studio at hourly rates.

Explore the ASU Drone Studio gallery

Stephanie Gil stands with two students in the ASU Drone Studio
A group of about 20 researchers stand in the middle of the immense ASU Drone Studio, surrounded by tons of open space.
A small, round motorized robotic device on wheels has four gray, ball-shaped sensors mounted on it.
Panos Artemiadis and four other researchers stand together for a photo in the ASU Drone Studio holding devices they test in the facility
A student kneels down to make an adjustment to customizable drone.
A person is holding a cell phone, which displays a video-game-like control interface for a drone.
A couple of small, vehicle-like robots on wheels are shown on the floor of the ASU Drone Studio, while small blue sensors are seen in the rafters of the ceiling.
A fish-eye view of the studio, showing its immense scale of 230,000 cubic feet
Researchers are shown standing behind a net lining which protects them from errant drones
Three students standing holding devices in view of the ASU Drone Studio's servers
A drone in flight nears the 23 foot ceiling.
A computer screen displays a three-dimensional view of drone and sensor data.

ASU Drone Studio Faculty Committee

ASU Drone Studio staff

ASU Drone Studio in the media

A group of about 20 researchers stand in the middle of the immense ASU Drone Studio, surrounded by tons of open space.

Born from Within
Convergence, 2019

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ABC 15 Arizona
January 29, 2020

A couple of small, vehicle-like robots on wheels are shown on the floor of the ASU Drone Studio, while small blue sensors are seen in the rafters of the ceiling.

ASU’s Drone Studio Takes Flight

ASU Drone Studio

611 E. Orange St.
Tempe, AZ 85281
Bulldog Hall (BDH) 143/145
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Contact

[email protected]

Parking

Map indicating Drone Studio Parking

Parking lot 27 map
Rural Rd. parking lot map

Sponsors

Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) award

Fulton Schools faculty contributions

Office of the Dean, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

ASU Drone Studio Committee

The ASU Drone Studio is managed by the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at ASU.