United States Department of Defense Research in Robotic Unmanned Systems for Combat Casualty Care

Abstract

Buddy treatment, first responder combat casualty care, and patient evacuation under hostile fire have compounded combat losses throughout history. Force protection of military first responders is complicated by current international and coalition troop deployments for peacekeeping operations, counter terrorism, and humanitarian assistance missions that involve highly visible, politically sensitive low intensity combat in urban terrain. The United States Department of Defense (DoD) has significantly invested in autonomous vehicles, and other robots to support its Future Force. By leveraging and augmenting funding from these efforts, the US Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center has established a portfolio of projects aimed at developing, integrating or adapting robotic and unmanned ground and air systems to extract battlefield casualties from hostile environments and from under fire.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA526596

Entities

People

  • Gary R. Gilbert
  • Michael K. Beebe

Organizations

  • United States Army Medical Research and Development Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Autonomous Navigation
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • First Responders
  • Health Services
  • Medical Evacuation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Surgery
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Unmanned Ground Vehicles
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - UAVs