Assessment of National Research Trends for Development of Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Abstract

The technologies needed for autonomous unmanned ground vehicles are developing at a rapid pace, driven by many diverse applications. The purpose of this study is to document the state of development of these technologies in the following technical areas: sensors, perception algorithms, cognitive algorithms, and computational hardware that can enable the fielding of practical autonomous systems for land warfare. Ongoing research programs are described, and estimated dates of availability of technologies required for various levels of capability in autonomous unmanned vehicles are presented. Autonomous Navigation, TUGV, UGV, Unmanned Ground Vehicles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 07, 1992
Accession Number
ADA266204

Entities

People

  • B. E. Morey
  • D. J. Conrad
  • R. E. Sampson

Organizations

  • Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automata Theory
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Information Systems
  • Motion Planning
  • Range Finding
  • Target Recognition
  • Three Dimensional
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Readers

  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Autonomous Capabilities and Mission Reconnaissance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy