Command and control structure and perception system of the German MoD experimental program `Robotics on the Battlefield´

Author

Zapp, Alfred

Author_Institution

ESG Elektronik-System-GmbH, Munchen, Germany

fYear

1992

fDate

12-14 May 1992

Firstpage

2789

Abstract

The command and control structure and the perception system of ARTES (autonomous robotic test and experimental system) are described. ARTES is the demonstrator system of the German Ministry of Defense experimental program `Robotics on the Battlefield.´ It consists of a command center and the robot vehicle. The operating area for the robot will be approximately 5×5 km². The vehicle will not be teleoperated. One major objective of the program is to solve the problem of the commandability under battlefield conditions without line of sight. The perception system of the robot consists of several TV-cameras, an acoustic direction finder, a laser range finder, and dedicated hardware and software for sensor data processing

Keywords

command and control systems; computer vision; mobile robots; ARTES; German Ministry of Defense; TV-cameras; acoustic direction finder; autonomous robotic test; battlefield; command and control structure; commandability; laser range finder; operating area; perception system; robot vehicle; robotics; sensor data processing; Cameras; Command and control systems; Remotely operated vehicles; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Sensor systems; Subspace constraints; System testing; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 1992. Proceedings., 1992 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2720-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.1992.220011

Filename

220011