DURIP The AVIARE at Eagle Bank Arena: Aerial Vehicle andIntelligent Autonomy Range for Experimentation
Abstract
Abstract (Approved for Public Release) Program Officer: Michael Q Qin (ONR)The proposed project aims to harness the power of multi-robot systems in adversarial settings for both their offensive and defensive potential, with the goal of advancing the state-of-the-art multi-robot technologies. This proposal presents a unique and exciting high-impact project to transform Eagle Bank Arena (a 10,000-seat arena that hosts George Mason University#s basketball games, concerts, family shows, and commencement ceremonies) into a one-of-a-kind state-of-the-art robotics experimentation, testing, and competition venue. The proposed Aerial Vehicle and Intelligent Autonomy Range for Experimentation (AVIARE) will enable an aggressive and highly synergistic education, research, and outreach plan toaccelerate the interest in and technology of heterogeneous multi-robot systems. The AVIARE will enhance research experimentation and evaluation capabilities for many active or proposed grants to the DoD in the areas of:(i)Robot swarms;(ii)Human in/on-the-loop testing and human-robot teaming;(iii)Performance and safety limits of control algorithms/architectures in end-to-end systems;(iv)Combinations of all of the above.The second major advantage of this unique venue is the immediate integration of education and outreach with cutting-edge research by providing a safe way for large numbers of engineers, researchers, and other stakeholders, to watch unscripted human-robot force-on-force competitions and robotic experiments, allowing for the study, research, and development of autonomyin open environments. These types of adversarial exercises will yield qualitative results and surprises unobtainable in traditionallaboratory experiments, immediately highlighting and redirecting research to be reliably usable in dynamic/adversarial environments.The project uniquely aims to bring the excitement of traditional sports to robot research competitions through collaboration with Eagle Bank Arena,which will attract the next generation of research scientists and engineers towards the goal of harnessing the powerof multi-robot systems in adversarial settings while simultaneously pushing the state-of-the-art methods in robotics and autonomy outside traditional laboratory environments.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Mar 15, 2024
- Source ID
- N000142412240
Entities
People
- Cameron Nowzari
Organizations
- George Mason University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy