FIELD ROBOTICS RESEARCH CENTER · KMUTNB

ENGINEERING INTELLIGENCE FOR THE REAL WORLD.

Integrating hardware, software and AI to build robotic systems that operate beyond the laboratory — at sea, underwater, in the air and across unstructured terrain.

Explore Systems Field Deployments

HARDWARE / SYSTEMSDesign · Fabrication · Embedded Systems

SOFTWAREROS / ROS 2 · Control · Mission Software

AIPerception · Sensor Fusion · Estimation

ABOUT FRRC

BUILT TO WORK
IN THE FIELD.

FRRC is a field robotics research center at King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok. Our work integrates mechanical systems, embedded electronics, propulsion, real-time software, communication links, perception and autonomy.

The goal is simple: develop robotic systems that can be deployed, tested and used in real operating environments.

Hardware

Mechanical design, fabrication, embedded electronics, thrusters and propulsion.

Software

Real-time control, ROS / ROS 2 stacks, communication links and mission software.

AI

Onboard perception, computer vision, sensor fusion and adaptive estimation.

EXPERTISE

RESEARCH AREAS

Multidisciplinary engineering for robots that must perceive, navigate and operate in real, unstructured environments.

Field Robotics

Robots for real, unstructured outdoor environments.

Unmanned Surface Vehicles

Autonomous surface craft for marine and coastal missions.

Underwater Robotics

Remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles.

ROS & Autonomy

ROS / ROS 2 architectures for navigation and mission control.

Sensor Fusion & Estimation

Adaptive Kalman filtering and multi-sensor localization.

Computer Vision & AI

Onboard perception and image analysis for autonomy.

PLATFORMS

ROBOTIC SYSTEMS

FRRC develops surface, underwater, aerial and ground platforms around the constraints of each mission.

SURFACE ROBOTICS

Trimaran USV

Autonomous surface platforms for maritime missions, navigation, sensing and survey.

SURFACE ROBOTICS

Mission USV

UNDERWATER

ROV Systems

UNDERWATER

AUV Platform

AERIAL

Maritime Aerial Systems

GROUND

Field Mobile Robot

MISSION MEDIA

SEE THE SYSTEMS
IN MOTION.

An extended overview of FRRC's autonomous maritime platform work and field robotics capability.

ACTIVITIES & COLLABORATIONS

FIELD DEPLOYMENTS

Systems are validated through field testing, maritime deployments, underwater operations and survey work.

USV field deployment at a port — USV field deployment

Field control room — Mission control & operations

Underwater robot deployment — Underwater robotics deployment

ROV above water — Underwater platform validation

Maritime robotics exhibition — Maritime technology exhibition

Field robotics team — Outdoor field testing

DATA & PERCEPTION

FROM ROBOTS
TO INFORMATION.

Beyond the vehicle itself, FRRC develops sensing, localization and data-processing workflows, including multi-beam sonar and bathymetric survey results for understanding underwater environments.