A Programmer's Guide to the Overwatching Fires Behavior

Abstract

This report describes the software modules required to demonstrate an overwatching fires (OWF) behavior on a team of laboratory robotic platforms. The modules are divided into three types-servers, an operator control unit (OCU), and the OWF application. Servers are independent software programs that communicate with sensors and actuators on-board the robot. The OCU is an independent process that allows operators to start, modify, and stop the OWF behavior. The OWF application consists of several modules that control sensing, communication, movement, and shooting for each of the robots in the team.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA439527

Entities

People

  • B. H. Haug
  • Maryanne Fields
  • Myvan H. Baranoski

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Cameras
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Grids
  • Guidance
  • Image Processing
  • Images
  • Military Research
  • Navigation
  • Platforms
  • Software Development
  • Targets
  • Unmanned Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Canadian European Scientific Immigration and Epilepsy Clearance Studies
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control