Dr. Tyler Folsom has applied skills in mathematics, software engineering and electrical engineering to industrial tasks that include spacecraft control, metal cutting, in-process inspection of carbon composite layup, telemetry for flight test, reconditioning of nuclear reactors and measurement of internal threads. Their involvement with robotic vehicles dates from the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge autonomous vehicle race across the Mojave Desert. Folsom has been principal investigator for projects from Amazon, National Science Foundation, U.S. Air Force, Army and Navy. Their current research is on ultra-light automated vehicles.