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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ENHANCED ROUTE PLANNING FOR ROBOTIC VEHICLES

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 2373
Amount: $500,000.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1986
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
Po Box 1567 - 3941 Research Pa
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 William J Pollard
 (313) 769-8500
Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

ROUTE PLANNING IS AN IMPORTANT ASPECT IN THE UTILIZATION OF ROBOTIC VEHICLES WHETHER COMPLETELY AUTONOMOUS OR TELEOPERATED. THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH LONG RANGE ROUTE PLANNING FOR LAND VEHICLES BY TRANSVERSING CROSS COUNTRY PATHS CREATED BY BOTH A COMPUTER GENERATED DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING MODEL AND BY A MILITARY EXPERT. ADVANTAGES, IF ANY, OF THE EXPERT PLANNED ROUTE WILL BE ANALYZED WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF FORMULATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) RULES FOR INCORPORATION INTO THE COMPUTER ROUTE PLANNING MODEL. PROBLEMS COMMON TO BOTH ROUTES, SUCH AS OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE AND CHECKPOINT LOCATION, WILL BE IDENTIFIED FOR FUTURE STUDY.

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