Welcome to the Vehicle Dynamics and Control Lab (VDL) at the University of California, Berkeley. We are a research group focused on the analysis and control of land, sea, and air vehicles.

Current VDL research focuses on autonomous aircraft and automotive control systems. Work with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) ranges from low-level flight dynamics and control to high-level mission planning. The lab works with the Center for Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles (C3UV) to investigate various aspects of multi-UAV collaborations.

The laboratory also has a strong history in rail and road vehicle control. For over a decade, VDL has worked on the autonomous control of ground vehicles as a member of the California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways (PATH) program. Recent research has considered the application of sensor fusion to engine and steering systems. Finally, VDL has worked on platform control for multi-agent sea structures.

The lab performs experiments at the Richmond Field Station, Moffett Federal Airfield, and NASA's Crow's Landing airstrip. On campus, a lab in Etcheverry Hall is used for numerical simulations. VDL also maintains three test cell facilities in Hesse Hall for studies of engine control.