Controlling Multiple Security Robots in a Warehouse Environment

Abstract

The Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC) has developed an architecture to provide coordinated control of multiple autonomous vehicles from a single host console. The Multiple Robot Host Architecture (MRHA) is a distributed multiprocessing system that can be expanded to accommodate as many as 32 robots. The initial application will employ eight Cybermotion K2A Navmaster robots configured as remote Security platforms in support of the Mobile Detection Assessment and Response System (MDARS) Program. This paper discusses developmental testing of the MRHA in an operational warehouse environment with two actual and four simulated robotic platforms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA422534

Entities

People

  • G. A. Gilbreath
  • H. R. Everett
  • R. T. Laird
  • T. A. Heath-pastore

Organizations

  • Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automated Guided Vehicles
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Environment
  • Guidance
  • Motion Planning
  • Navigation
  • Ocean Surveillance
  • Robots
  • Security
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

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