This $1,200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.070) supports the development of a critical technological capability for accurately deploying large-scale wireless sensor networks.
The project aims to create fully functional, battery-free "microfliers" that can communicate with each other to self-organize and coordinate their aerial descent, enabling precise, large-scale distribution of wireless sensors. This interdisciplinary research spans origami design, low-power actuation, power harvesting, wireless networking, localization, and distributed computing to develop the enabling technologies for a network of microfliers that can autonomously and efficiently deploy sensors across a wide area. The award period runs from June 2024 to May 2027.
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