Cooperative Autonomous Mobile Robots

Abstract

The primary objective of the work was to develop new capabilities for cooperative autonomous operation of multi-agent autonomous mobile robot systems. Many vital Navy missions require autonomous navigation and decision making in complex, unstructured, and dynamic environments. In this work, we set out to develop software for cooperative autonomy and to test these algorithms on new, low-cost autonomous surface craft (ASC). The ASC were operated in several major ONR experiments, including AUVFest in June 2005 and the FAFOS experiment in July, 2005. Lessons learned from cooperative operation of these platforms can pay dividends for a wide variety of Navy research programs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA463215

Entities

People

  • John J. Leonard

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Ranges
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computer Science
  • Lessons Learned
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Platforms
  • Reconnaissance Vehicles
  • Robotics
  • Robots
  • Sensor Networks
  • Software Development
  • Technology Transfer
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

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