Fundamental design issues in cooperative UV systems

This presentation address multiple, cooperative, autonomous unmanned vehicle (UV) systems, in which a complementary mixture of relatively low-performance UVs are designed to outperform a smaller number of much more capable (and hence expensive) UVs. Considerable complexity emerges through the interaction of autonomous systems, and the nature of key design issues regarding situational awareness and image fusion are discussed, together with research tools being developed to assist the design of UV systems.