APL-UW

Dave Dyer

Principal Engineer

Email

dyer@apl.washington.edu

Phone

206-543-0064

Department Affiliation

Environmental & Information Systems

Education

B.S. Ocean Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, 1981

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RACER

The goal of the RACER program is to develop and demonstrate autonomy technologies that enable unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to maneuver in unstructured, off-road terrain at the limit of the vehicle's mechanical systems and at, or beyond, human-driven speeds and efficiencies.

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4 Apr 2022

First posted online: 4 April 2022

Unmanned Air System — UAS

The APL-UW unmanned air system (UAS) testbed is a collaborative project involving researchers specializing in autonomy, remote sensing, and ocean science instrumentation. This effort represents the beginning of a research program to extend our expertise into the aerial domain.

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29 Jan 2014

The overarching goal of this project is to develop new opportunities for basic and applied research. The work focuses not only on UAS technology (marine applications in particular) but also on the development of tools that will transform how research is conducted at sea. Recent tests with the prototype system have verified stability and key performance characteristics, with flight duration exceeding 20 mins and a top speed exceeding 30 knots.

OceanGate/APL-UW Joint Venture to Produce a Manned Submersible

Laboratory engineers are teaming with OceanGate to design and produce Cyclops, a submarine that could take five people nearly two miles deep into the ocean. It will be smaller, lighter, and operated at a much lower cost than today's manned subs.

9 Dec 2013

In The News

DARPA's RACER program sends high-speed autonomous vehicles off-road

IEEE Spectrum, Evan Ackerman

For the next three years, robotic vehicles will be pushing the limits of all-terrain racing. A team at APL-UW is one of three working to develop vehicles that will run in a series of field experiments beginning this spring.

27 Jan 2022

UW and local company unveil new five-person submarine

UW News and Information, Hannah Hickey

The University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory and Everett-based company OceanGate this month unveiled the first model of its joint project to build a new type of submarine for human research and exploration in the deep sea.

20 Mar 2015

OceanGate unveils Cyclops sub to help businesses, researchers go deep

Xconomy Seattle, Benjamin Romano

OceanGate is unveiling Cyclops 1, a five-person submersible the company has retrofitted with simpler controls, creature comforts, and other technologies for streamlined operations. Development benefited from a unique partnership with APL-UW, a center of marine engineering and a critical piece of the Pacific Northwest%u2019s ocean innovation ecosystem.

10 Mar 2015

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