Recent testing at Fort Hood, TX showed state-of-the-art autonomy for critically needed applications for the US Army.
Unmanned operations in snow and rain.
Owners Karl Murphy (L) and Alberto Lacaze (R) in front of an unmanned Stryker vehicle.
Safe Ops
Robotic Research is a subcontractor to GDRS to
provide research and development services in the integration and testing of sensors and algorithms being developed to allow Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) to safely operate among civilian vehicles and pedestrians. This is in direct support of FCS to address Safe UGV Operations, designated as FCS LSI Risk UGV0213. This effort will integrate the ARL Robotics-CTA developed algorithms onto two UGV test beds (TAC-C), equipped with FCS Autonomous Navigation Systems and computing hardware capable of running the chosen developed algorithms, allowing testing and evaluation of the UGV Safe Operations integrated system. This is a U.S. Army/TARDEC program headed by David Kowachek, Program Manager.
SafeOps T2 is a UGV that uses FCS team representative sensors to maintain situational awareness in highly cluttered and dynamic environments. It not only has the ability to track obstacles but to detect, track and predict in which direction an obstacle is heading. This ability helps to verify whether obstacles are friend or foe. In the future, it is hoped that SafeOps T2 can function in an array of challenging environments to ensure the safety of dismounted forces working in close proximity to UGVs, maintain safe travel distance and traffic lanes along improved roads and increase the level of autonomy to minimize warfighter interventions.
SafeOps T2 is a UGV that uses FCS team representative sensors to maintain situational awareness in highly cluttered and dynamic environments. It not only has the ability to track obstacles but to detect, track and predict in which direction an obstacle is heading. This ability helps to verify whether obstacles are friend or foe. In the future, it is hoped that SafeOps T2 can function in an array of challenging environments to ensure the safety of dismounted forces working in close proximity to UGVs, maintain safe travel distance and traffic lanes along improved roads and increase the level of autonomy to minimize warfighter interventions.