Current Technical Research Issues of Autonomous Robots Employed in Combat

Abstract

The recent upsurge in interest in autonomous robots for combat applications has focused considerable attention on several of the obvious technical issues (e.g. target recognition, autonomous navigation, route planning) . However, several technical issues exist which remain unapproached and, in some cases, even unacknowledged by the robotics community. This paper explores three such issues: (1) robot fault tolerance, (2) robot security and (3) multi-robot coordination. These issues are discussed in terms of the technology limitations and the research issues associated with those limitations. A common message which occurs several times during this discussion denotes the importance in modular implementation and well defined interfaces between subsystems in the development of autonomous combat robots.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA422546

Entities

People

  • D. W. Gage
  • S. Y. Harmon

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Complex Systems
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Deployment
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Information Operations
  • Military Operations
  • Recognition
  • Reliability
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Robotics
  • Robots
  • Security
  • Target Recognition
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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