Naval Aviation Training

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSEJOINT ROBOTICS PROGRAM
NEWCOMERS BRIEF
Cliff Hudson OUSD (ATL/DS/LWM) (703)
697-3411 Eugene.hudson_at_osd.mil
www.jointrobotics.com
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UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES HAVE GLOBAL
RESPONSIBILITIES
AND ROBOTS WILL PLAY A LARGE ROLE IN FUTURE
OPERATIONS.
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JOINT ROBOTICS PROGRAM

• OVERSIGHT TO THE UGV PROGRAMS
• 1990 START
• ABOUT 25 MILLION/YEAR
• UGVS DEPLOYED WORLDWIDE

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WHY OSD?
CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTION
Department of Defense Appropriation Bill, 1990
.....The Committee reluctantly concludes that
the only way to produce a more focused and
cost-effective robotics program is to delete
funds for all the separate projects and
consolidate them under OSD policy and program
direction ..... .....The Committee also is
concerned that many of the robotics programs are
proceeding without definite requirements from
those organizations which would employ such
capabilities in combat..... .....The Committee
expects that OSD will decide both the funding and
technology priorities for these efforts....
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ROBOTIC EVOLUTION
1990
2000
2010
Autonomy
Teleoperation
100
100
Adaptive/ Tactical Behaviors
Pure Teleoperation
Situational Awareness
Feature Identification
Road Following
Mission Planning
Route Planning
Robot Autonomy /Intelligence
Human Intervention
Obstacle Detection
TargetRecognition
Obstacle Avoidance
Autonomous Mobility
0
0
Time
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CURRENT STRUCTURE
JRP COORDINATOR
Program
Air Force Research Laboratory
UGV/S Joint Project Office
U.S. Army
Manager - SEA
TARDEC
(Joint Svc EOD)
Technology/Tech Base

• JAUS
• Army Research Lab
• SOCOM
• Military R D Centers
• Colleges/Universities
• Product Manager,
• Robotic Unmanned
• Sensors
• ONR
• DARPA

Product Manager
Physical Security
Equipment
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FUNDING HISTORY
(DOLLARS IN MILLIONS)
45
40
Congressional USD (ATL) Plus-Ups
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
2006
2007
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
FISCAL YEAR
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CURRENT UNMANNED GROUND SYSTEM MISSIONS

• Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• Combat Terrorism
• Remediation
• Combat Engineering
• Mine Clearance
• Obstacle Breaching
• Emplace Charges

• Reconnaissance
• NBC
• Surveillance
• Direct Fire Weapons
• Obscuration
• Physical Security
• Force Protection

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EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE DISPOSAL

• Purpose
• Joint Service EOD effort to locate and dispose of
  surface unexploded ordnance
• Remote Ordnance Neutralization System (RONS)
• Uses a manipulator arm to render safe or
  neutralize unexploded ordnance
• Man Transportable Robotic System

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REMEDIATION

• Purpose
• Remotely detect, identify, and safely clear
  surface and buried Unexploded Ordnance from
  active ranges and Formerly Used Defense Sites
• All-Purpose Robotic Transport System
• ARTS with flail
• ARTS with Laser Ordnance Neutralization System
  (LONS)
• Articulated Remote Manipulator System (ARMS)
• ARTS charge setter
• ARTS water cutter integration
• Active Range Clearance and Remediation System
• Automated Ordnance Excavator

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COMBAT ENGINEERING

• Purpose
• Develop robotic technologies that are usable in
  multi-service missions
• Provide capability in hazardous environments
• Improved battlefield efficiency
• Reduce or enhance force manpower and
  sustainability
• Affordable
• Common Robotic System (CRS)
• Robotic Combat Support System (RCSS)

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RECONNAISSANCE

• Purpose
• Identify the requirements for a robotic vehicle
  to conduct reconnaissance, surveillance target
  acquisition missions
• Man-Portable Robotic Systems
• URBOT
• MATILDA
• GLADIATOR
• (multi-role)
• XUV

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DIRECT FIRE WEAPONS

• Purpose
• Provide lethal and non-lethal munitions on
  designated targets
• GLADIATOR
• An unmanned, tele-operated/semi-autonomous ground
  vehicle for remoting combat tasks in order to
  reduce risk and neutralize threats
• Cougar XUV
• Plug and fight short/long range weapons
• UGV/UAV cooperation
• Combat ID

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OBSCURATION

• Purpose
• Provide large area visual and infrared
  obscuration capabilities to our light and heavy
  maneuver forces
• Provides visual, infrared or millimeter wave
  obscuration capabilities
• Designed primarily for self-protection of
  individual maneuver vehicles
• Light Vehicle Obscuration Smoke System

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PHYSICAL SECURITY

• Purpose
• Develop physical security equipment, to include
  Force Protection systems, for all DoD components
• Mobile Detection Assessment Response System
  (MDARS)
• Interior
• Exterior

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FORCE PROTECTION

• Purpose
• To conserve the forces fighting potential so it
  can be applied at the decisive time and place
• ARTS
• 90 mm water cannon
• Frangible blade with shield
• MDARS-E
• Day/Night sensors for threat detection
• Forward looking infrared for threat assessment

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JOINT ARCHITECTURE FOR UNMANNED SYSTEMS (JAUS)

• Developed to resolve five issues.
• Reduction of life-cycle costs
• Common subsystems were built from scratch for
  each UGV
• Performance gains
• Technology advancements could not be rapidly
  inserted into existing UGVs
• Interoperability and multi-vehicle control issues

• Philosophical Underpinnings
• Independent of Platform
• Independent of Computer Hardware
• Independent of Technology
• Independent of Operator Use
• Isolated from Mission

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JOINT ARCHITECTURE FOR UNMANNED SYSTEMS (JAUS)
GOA STACK
JAUS defines messages and data formats for
application layer components, as well as XOS
services for message handling
Where other organizations define standards, JAUS
does not interfere (e.g., JTA, IEEE, SAE, etc.)

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ROBOTIC SYSTEMS POOL (RSP)

• OSD has established a Pool of mobile UGVs
• Users, Developers, OGAs, Universities may ask
  for loan
• Feedback Refining Requirements are the Goal
• Pool will be at SPAWAR System Center, San Diego
  (SSC-SD)
• Operational Procedure to request Robots
• Oversight by the RSP Management Board

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ROBOTIC SYSTEMS POOL
PACKBOT
TALON
ODIS
URBOT
MICRO-VGTV
MINI-DISRUPTOR
MICRO-DISRUPTOR
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GENERAL OFFICER STEERING COMMITTEE WHY WE ARE
HERE
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JRP Working Group Meetings
Initial JRP WG AUG 97 FT LEONARD WOOD
May 2002 Warren, MI
NOV 01 FORT KNOX
MAY 00 INDIAN HEAD
NOV 98 NELLIS AFB
MAY 99 MCCDC QUANTICO
MAY 98 SAN DIEGO
NOV 99 FT BENNING
NOV 00 FT HUACHUCA
NOV 97 MAY 01 PANAMA CITY
MAY 97 JUN 03 REDSTONE ARSENAL
DEC 2002 DESTIN, FL
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FUTURE COMBAT OPERATIONS

• Network Centric
• Distributed
• Joint
• Manned Unmanned

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THE JRP VISION AND MISSION
JRP Vision
Military Robotic Systems Will Proliferate
Throughout the 21st Century Force Structure,
Performing Dirty, Dangerous and Dull Tasks, While
Providing a Revolutionary Capability Across the
Spectrum of Missions and Conflict
JRP Mission
Develop and Field a Family of Affordable and
Effective Mobile Ground Robotic Systems Develop
and Transition Technologies Necessary to Meet
Evolving USER Requirements and Serve as a
Catalyst for Insertion of Robotic Systems and
Technologies into the Force Structure