Low Cost Mobile Robot

Abstract

In the 1986 SBIR solicitation, DARPA identified a need for a low-cost mobile robot for laboratory research use. This report covers the work by Transitions Research Corporation in addressing this opportunity under a Phase I SBIR contract. TRC has developed technical requirements and selected a vehicle design, a trajectory control system, and a communications system to meet those requirements. Use of a common research vehicle base would reduce the time and cost to carry out experiments in navigation of autonomous mobile vehicles, would expedite sharing and comparing of research results, and would advance the understanding of the evolution of artificial intelligence. Keywords: Test beds; Vehicle control; Motion control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 07, 1987
Accession Number
ADA188507

Entities

People

  • John M. Evans

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automated Guided Vehicles
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Birds
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Digital Data
  • Engineering
  • Geometry
  • Guidance
  • Image Processing
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Navigation
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

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