10.1184/R1/6554885.v1
Scott Fish
Scott
Fish
Joshua Ruedin
Joshua
Ruedin
Mike Perschbacher
Mike
Perschbacher
John Bares
John
Bares
FCS UGV Safe Operations
Carnegie Mellon University
2008
Unmanned Ground Vehicles
Safety
Experiments
Simulation
2008-01-01 00:00:00
Journal contribution
https://kilthub.cmu.edu/articles/journal_contribution/FCS_UGV_Safe_Operations/6554885
The US Army Future Combat System (FCS) will implement Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) in numbers not
previously seen before in military operations. Many of these vehicles will also be larger and faster than the small robots
typically used today for explosive ordnance disposal and general improvised explosive device handling. More
importantly, FCS will implement these UGV’s in scenarios were they will be in much closer proximity to soldiers and
other non-combatant personnel. This paper describes the plan for developing an appropriate match of technology for
autonomous UGV maneuver with the emerging need for safety release verification for these systems prior to fielding.
The plan is followed by descriptions of initial data collections with a UGV, that will form the starting point in this
safety release process, and stimulate further use and refinement of this process for large UGV’s in applications beyond
FCS.