Demo III

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Demo III Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology
Development Program
Jon Bornstein U.S. Army Research Lab
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FY00 Activities
Data Collection
Technology Development
Troop Operation Feedback - BLWE
Engineering Evaluations
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VIDEO
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The Demo IIIB Team
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Demo III Where we stand

• Demo III B successfully completed
• Engineering Evaluation tests characterization
  of subsystems
• Experimentation with soldiers insights for
  technology development
• Mobility at speeds of up to approximately 20MPH
• During EETs at APG
• Terrain dependent velocity control
• Single soldier multi-UGV management
• RSTA functionality demonstrated
• Comms are still a long pole
• Traversed rugged terrain at Ft. Knox operator
  intervention
• required intermittently
• Pursue integration mid-range sensing/planning
• Object classification
• Mobility over vegetated terrain
• Omni-directional sensing (e.g., back-up
  maneuvers)