Author_Institution :
Space & Naval Warfare Syst. Center, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center-San Diego (SSC-SD) is the Navy´s research, development, test and evaluation, engineering, and fleet support center for command and control, communications, ocean surveillance, and the integration of those systems which overarch multiple platforms. This provides a unique perspective for the development of autonomous vehicle applications encompassing all types of systems: air, ground, and undersea. The role of these vehicle systems and their integration is of growing importance as part of the overall need for consistent situational awareness. Not only can they act as sensor delivery platforms, they can also provide a means of communication between a variety of disparate systems, creating a dynamic interoperable connectivity to a worldwide information grid. A variety of autonomous systems and their roles will be discussed including land robots for security, unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for surveillance, and unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) for data collection and communications
Keywords :
command and control systems; mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; surveillance; telerobotics; underwater vehicles; autonomous vehicle programs; data collection and communications; dynamic interoperable connectivity; integrated C4ISR; land robots; security; sensor delivery platforms; situational awareness; surveillance; teleoperated systems; unmanned air vehicles; unmanned undersea vehicles; Automotive engineering; Command and control systems; Land vehicles; Mobile robots; Oceans; Remotely operated vehicles; Surveillance; System testing; Underwater communication; Unmanned aerial vehicles;
