Coordinating teams of autonomous vehicles: an architectural perspective

Cary Czichon; Robert W. Peterson; Erik G. Mettala; Ivo Vondrak

doi:10.1117/12.604115

27 May 2005 Coordinating teams of autonomous vehicles: an architectural perspective

Cary Czichon, Robert W. Peterson, Erik G. Mettala, Ivo Vondrak

Proceedings Volume 5804, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VII; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604115
Event: Defense and Security, 2005, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In defense-related robotics research, a mission level integration gap exists between mission tasks (tactical) performed by ground, sea, or air applications and elementary behaviors enacted by processing, communications, sensors, and weaponry resources (platform specific). The gap spans ensemble (heterogeneous team) behaviors, automatic MOE/MOP tracking, and tactical task modeling/simulation for virtual and mixed teams comprised of robotic and human combatants. This study surveys robotic system architectures, compares approaches for navigating problem/state spaces by autonomous systems, describes an architecture for an integrated, repository-based modeling, simulation, and execution environment, and outlines a multi-tiered scheme for robotic behavior components that is agent-based, platform-independent, and extendable via plug-ins. Tools for this integrated environment, along with a distributed agent framework for collaborative task performance are being developed by a U.S. Army funded SBIR project (RDECOM Contract N61339-04-C-0005).

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Cary Czichon, Robert W. Peterson, Erik G. Mettala, and Ivo Vondrak "Coordinating teams of autonomous vehicles: an architectural perspective", Proc. SPIE 5804, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VII, (27 May 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604115

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