Proceedings of the Autonomous Vehicles in Mine Countermeasures Symposium, Monterey CA, 4-7 April 1995 Many-Robot MCM Search Systems

Abstract

A system comprising a large number of identical and very inexpensive robotic search vehicles may serve as an effective tool in a variety of MCM operations providing improved mine detection and clearance capabilities while reducing cost and the physical risk to MCM personnel. Moreover, the many-robot approach to addressing MCM applications becomes increasingly viable as continuing technological developments provide needed mine detection and other subsystem capabilities at ever decreasing cost. Real challenges remain, however, at the system design level, and the most effective and cost-effective systems will result from careful attention to actual system requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA422749

Entities

People

  • Douglas W. Gage

Organizations

  • Naval Command, Control and Ocean Surveillance Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Algorithms
  • Boundaries
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Diffuse Reflection
  • Geometry
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Mine Countermeasures
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Navigation
  • Ocean Surveillance
  • Simulations
  • Target Detection

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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