Robotic Sensitive-Site Assessment

Abstract

Reconnaissance of sites suspected to contain chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats is currently a manned mission - one that exposes humans to health risks and that relies on imperfect human observations. Lincoln Laboratory participated in an advanced technology demonstration program aimed at improving the safety and efficacy of this manned mission by supplementing it with robotics-based reconnaissance. The resulting prototype system consists of an unmanned ground vehicle equipped with an integrated sensor suite that relays mission-critical data to a web-based user interface viewable by geographically distributed stakeholders.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 04, 2015
Accession Number
AD1034621

Entities

People

  • Jonathan D. Pitts
  • Michael T. Boulet
  • Sean Winkler

Organizations

  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Chemical Detectors
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computers
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Robot Mapping
  • Simultaneous Localization And Mapping
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Wireless Communications

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs