A Semi-Autonomous Weapon Payload

Abstract

Weapon payloads are becoming increasingly important components of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). However weapon payloads are extremely difficult to teleoperate. This paper explores the issues involved with automating several aspects of the operations of a weapon payload. These operations include target detection, acquisition, and tracking. Various approaches to these issues are discussed, and the development and results from two different working prototype systems developed at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego (SSC San Diego) are presented. One approach employs a motion-based scheme for target identification, while the second employs an appearance based scheme. Target selection, arming and firing remain teleoperated in both systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA506573

Entities

People

  • B. Feldman
  • B. Stratton
  • E. B. Pacis
  • G. Kogut
  • Hobart R. Everett
  • Holly M. Nguyen
  • J. Goree
  • L. Drymon

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Identification
  • Radar
  • Situational Awareness
  • Standards
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection
  • Teleoperation
  • Unmanned Ground Systems
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Vehicles
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites
  • Space - Space Objects