Towards a Warfighter's Associate: Eliminating the Operator Control Unit

Abstract

This paper introduces the long-term concept of a supervised autonomous Warfighter `s Associate, which uses a natural-language interface for communication with (and oversight by) its human counterpart. More realistic near-term solutions to achieve intermediate success are then presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA457986

Entities

People

  • E. B. Pacis
  • H. R. Everett
  • N. Farrington
  • S. Khurana

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Augmented Reality
  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Autonomous Systems
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electronic Mail
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Language
  • Mobile Phones
  • Natural Languages
  • Radioactive Contamination
  • Simultaneous Localization And Mapping
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Virtual Reality
  • Weapon Control

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Robotics and Automation.