Multiple Robot Command and Control Architecture Development.

Abstract

The military use of autonomous vehicles or robots will increase as national security planners seek to maintain strategic deterrence and preserve U.S. interest in spite of reduced resources. Cooperative group behavior among large numbers of robots will be required to complete various missions. Communication schemes for command, control, and coordination of multiple robots is one of the required capabilities. This thesis evaluates the Simplified Lisp-like Expression Evaluation Paradigm (SLEEP) for implementation as a development tool and a communications scheme: SLEEP enables the dynamic group formation of robots that are best qualified for a task. The SLEEP concept is tested and evaluated using a testbed built from Nomadic SCOUT mobile robots and a socket interface. Results from simulation and physical experiments validate the effectiveness of SLEEP for multiple robot coordination.

Document Details

• Document Type: Technical Report
• Publication Date: Dec 01, 1998
• Accession Number: ADA359561

Entities

People

• Uriah E. Zachary

Organizations

• Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

• Autonomy
• Ground and Sea Platforms
• Materials and Manufacturing Processes
• Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

• Application Software
• Command And Control
• Command And Control Systems
• Communication Channels
• Computer Programming
• Computer Science
• Computers
• Detectors
• Digital Communications
• Graphical User Interface
• Lisp Programming Language
• Multiple Access
• National Security
• Network Protocols
• Operating Systems
• Programming Languages
• Simulations

Fields of Study

• Computer science

Readers

• Database Systems and Applications
• Robotics and Automation.
• Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

• AI & ML
• AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
• AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
• Autonomy
• Autonomy - Autonomous System Control
• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control