A Coordinated Control Architecture for Disaster Response Robots

Abstract

Team TRACLabs participated in the DARPA Robotics Challenge as a Track B team (developing software only). Keeping the human operator in the loop as much as possible, and using off-the-shelf components as a foundation, TRACLabs wrote software for robot control, network management, and the operator control station. In the Virtual Robotics Challenge, Team TRACLabs placed fourth of 22 teams, earning the use of an Atlas hydraulic humanoid for the rest of the competition. In the DRC Trials, Team TRACLabs placed sixth of 16 teams, earning additional funding through the Finals. In the DRC Finals, Team TRACLabs placed ninth of 23 teams. In this report, the competitions are described, along with details on Team TRACLabs methods and results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1003101

Entities

People

  • Eric Huber
  • Frank Weng
  • James Kramer
  • Joshua James
  • Karan Khokar
  • Mars Chu
  • Mordechai Rynderman
  • Patrick Beeson
  • Robert Platt
  • Robert R. Burridge
  • Seth Gee
  • Stephen Hart

Organizations

  • Traclabs (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Compression
  • Disasters
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Operating Systems
  • Robotics
  • Robots
  • Teleoperation
  • User Interface
  • Wireless Communications

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Economics

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy