Development of Autonomous Control for Multipole Vehicle Platforms
Abstract
The development of autonomous control in surface and underwater vehicles continues to be in high demand, especially for operations where human involvement is not desired (e.g., in hazardous environments). Such applications include: general surveillance and reconnaissance, search and rescue operations, and track and trail missions. In particular, a robust test bed is needed to test these autonomous systems with high-integrity field testing, especially when autonomous vehicles systems are comprised of different platforms (i.e., surface, underwater, and aerial). The purpose of this proposed research is to continue to develop technology to enable autonomous control of multiple Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) and Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) systems, creating a test bed to rigorously test autonomy software engines. There are already existing engines that provide a standard autonomy base from which to build (via MOOS-IvP and ROS). However, less research has been done to ensure dependability and robust reactions to, for example, unexpected environmental conditions. For this purpose, the PI proposes two research goal
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Oct 09, 2018
- Source ID
- N001741710002
Entities
People
- May-win Thein
Organizations
- United States Navy
- University System of New Hampshire