The Multi-Agent Tactical Sentry: Designing and Delivering Robots to the CF

Abstract

The Multi-Agent Tactical Sentry (MATS) represents one of the most advanced robotic systems in day-to-day military operation anywhere in the world. It addresses the Canadian Forces (CF) requirement to remotely detect Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical threats (NBC), integrating a suite of primary NBC sensors onto a remotely operated vehicle. The system was initially designed and built from the ground up at Defence R&D Canada - Suffield in under 30 months, and has become an operationally important component of the Canadian Joint Incidence Response Unit (CJIRU), and their continually evolving techniques, tactics, and procedures (TTPs). This paper describes the technology and development of the MATS system, but more importantly it examines the many lessons learned in designing and delivering a robotic vehicle to a military client.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA599482

Entities

People

  • B. Fairbrother
  • J. Giesbrecht
  • S. Penzes

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Classification
  • Command And Control
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • First Responders
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Security
  • Teleoperation
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Three Dimensional
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Unmanned Vehicles
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

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