Intelligent Autonomy and Performance Measures for Coordinated Unmanned Vehicles

Abstract

This paper describes an autonomous Intelligent Controller (IC) architecture directly applicable to the design of unmanned autonomous vehicles and performance measures associated with intelligent autonomy. The vehicles may operate independently or cooperate to carry out complex missions involving disparate sensors or payload packages. An approach to measure the performance achieved with collaborative control is presented and simulation scenarios are provided to demonstrate how the metrics are applied.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA515692

Entities

People

  • Adrian S. Lewis
  • Lora G. Weiss

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomous Vehicles
  • Autonomy
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Complex Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Intelligent Systems
  • Motion Planning
  • Navigation
  • Psychology
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Teamwork
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control