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Standards Based Unmanned Ground Vehicle Mission Language Translator with Graphical Planning Tool.

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W56HZV-10-C-0213
Agency Tracking Number: A093-204-0459
Amount: $119,536.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: A09-204
Solicitation Number: 2009.3
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2009
Award Year: 2010
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2010-03-12
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2010-09-15
Small Business Information
12300 Perry Hwy
Wexford, PA 15090
United States
DUNS: 831883868
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Parag Batavia
 Owner
 (724) 799-8078
 paragb@neyasystems.com
Business Contact
 Parag Batavia
Title: Owner
Phone: (724) 799-8078
Email: razeghi@eecs.northwestern.edu
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

The long term goal for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in the services is to act as force multiplier, to reduce risk to human personnel, and to enable new tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). UGVs are intended to support a wide range of mission types ranging from EOD, to reconnaissance, to maritime interdiction support, to logistics. While semi-autonomy and autonomy capabilities continue to increase in technology readiness level (TRL) and move towards deployment, there is a gap in the development of the systems used to plan missions that tightly incorporate UGVs. We propose to: 1. Enable Seamless Integration between mission commanders and unmanned assets 2. Develop a Scalable Interaction Model based on available robot assets, defined tactical missions, and real time in-the-field situation. 3. Develop a Tactical Scripting Language that enables translation from commander’s intent to UGV commands, leveraging a large base of work in the Unmanned Surface Vehicle community. 4. Move beyond simple, isolated examples of autonomous robot command and control to address the broad challenge of mission planning and management. 5. Demonstrate how the low-level JAUS standardization work in SAE AS-4 can enable more effective use of robotic systems exercising greater autonomy.

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