Aerospace and Transportation Systems Laboratory
AEROLAB is a multidisciplinary research group established in 2023. The group comprises researchers with brackgrounds in Physics, Aerospace Engineering, and Computer Science who are affiliated with the Insitute of Physics and Aerospace Science (Campus of Ourense, University of Vigo).
Our research focuses on aerospace and transportation systems, encompasing various aspects such as advanced mobility, logistics networks, infrastructure maintenance and resilience, intelligent transportation systems, and geoinformation.
We are dedicated to conducting research of the highest quality while maintaining close ties with the socio-economic environment of our region and ensuring the transfer of our results to industry.
The team
Research group gallery
Project videos
SAFEVERTIPORT project (2023). Detect and avoid system and traffic management
EAGLE project (2023). Shore to ship delivery
OVERTAZ exhibition (2023).
SAFEVERTIPORT project (2023). 3D modeling for microweather prediction
Coast monitoring project (2024). Beach photogrammetry using drones
EAGLE project (2024). Indoor navigation (CATEC + UVIGO setup)
Coastal monitoring project (2024). Indoor navigation (AEROMEDIA + UVIGO setup)
Teaching project (2024). Target tracking. MSc in Aerospace Engineering. University of Vigo.
Press news regarding
aerolab activities
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Aerospace students are introduced to the world of drones (2018).
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The University of Vigo and Santiago are launching a master's degree in drones (2018).
- The University of Vigo is profiled as a power in the prevention and fight against fires (2019).
- The Topacio project tests its road management system and biomass for fire prevention on roads in Celanova and Lobios (2019).
- The Business Factory Aero incubation program will fund the Contact-drone project (2019).
- Master in Aeronautical Engineering, feel free! (2019).
- The School of Aeronautics claims that its master's degree is taught only in Ourense (2019).
- Aerospace Engineering in Ourense fears losing the exclusivity it now has in Galicia (2019).
- González: "The loss of the exclusivity of Aeronáutica weakens the interior of Galicia" (2019).
- Aerospace students will be able to do internships at the largest technological corporation in Spain (2020).
- 2000 protective screens for the Ourense Hospital (2020).
- The Galicia-EscudoCovid19 Platform delivers 2000 protective sreens to Coren (2020).
- 3000 protective screens for the Provincial Council of Ourense to distribute among entities in the province (2020).
- UVigo researchers will develop a disinfection system against COVID-19 using liquid dispersion with drones (2020).
- The UVigo project on the use of drones for disinfection against COVID-19 is getting ready to start (2020).
- The Foro Aero will resume its activity with a virtual conference on the latest trends in aviation from the perspective of Boeing (2020).
- Aerospace Engineering student defends the first BSc thesis of the center (2020).
- A new approach to infrastructure inspection with drones developed at UVigo wins the Galician regional phase of the Galileo Masters (2020).
- UVigo researchers test the use of photogrammetry techniques and Lidar systems in the maintenance of aircraft fuselages (2021).
- They develop an application to prevent fires by controlling the biomass surrounding roads (2021).
- The advisor responsible for International Relations of the General Directorate of Defense Industry and Space of the European Commission visits the campus (2021).
- The School of Aeronautics will fight for a master’s degree in autonomous vehicles in 2022 (2021).
- The University of Vigo and Copasa will develop a predictive maintenance system for railways (2022).
- The center of reference in R&D+i in air navigation selects two Aerospace students to do their TFG in this field (2022).
- The predictive railway maintenance system for UVigo and Copasa is starting to be put to the test (2022).
- They award a methodology that allows the automatic determination of fire risk near roads (2023).
- The Eagle project will evaluate the use of drones for the maintenance of offshore wind farms (2023).
- UVigo and Copasa are making progress in the design of a predictive inspection and maintenance system for railways based on optical systems and algorithms (2023).
- The Institute of Physics and Aerospace Sciences starts its activity (2023).
- UVigo participates in a European project to improve the sustainability and resilience of the EU's transport and logistics networks (2023).
- Two million euros for aerospace research in Galicia and northern Portugal (2023).
- Aerolab creation (2024).
- Research group specialized in aerial systems is born on Ourense Campus (2024).
- A research group specialized in air systems and transport is born at the School of Aerospace Engineering of the Ourense campus (2024).
- Researchers from Campus of Ourense will measure the invasion of mimosa tree (2024).
- UVigo and Copasa develop a technological system for inspection and maintenance of railroad tracks (2024).
- The Aerolab group will create a computational tool to define the best routes for drone vertiports (2024)
- The Aerolab group will collaborate with local farms to monitor cattle (2024)
- A software defines the best routes for urban vertiports (2024)
- The aerospace sector: An opportunity for Ourense (2024)
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