Gabriel Hoffmann's Homepage

I'm a PhD student in the Hybrid Systems Lab at Stanford University, majoring in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, focusing on estimation and control, with Claire Tomlin as my advisor. My current research is on autonomous systems. I'm applying information theory to control systems. This gives robotic vehicles the ability to cooperate and to determine what observations they should make to be most effective in accomplishing their goal. The resulting robots thus become a mobile sensing platform with a higher degree of autonomy.

This web site has a combination of research and personal content, with the folder tree at left to aid navigation. Also, there's a collection of quotes from various sources - just to make you think.

December, 2007 Update: STARMAC II is doing trajectory tracking. We developed this quadrotor UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) to fly mult-agent algorithms indoors and outdoors. The core system is a flight computer, GPS receiver, Inertial Measurement Unit and WiFi. It can additionally carry a Pentium-M computer, LIDAR, and a stereo camera. Go to research to learn more.

November 4, 2007 Update: Junior completed the DARPA Urban Challenge, winning the second place prize, driving 56 miles in 4 hrs, 5 mins of run time.