Tactical Mobile Robotics

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Tactical Mobile Robotics Douglas E. Dyer,
LtCol, USAF, PhD Program Manager, DARPA ATO 3701
North Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA
22203-1714 [phone], Dyer_at_darpa.mil
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• Approach
• Integrate Sensors, Locomotion, Power,
  Communications, and Sufficient Smarts on a
  Compact, Man-portable Platform.
• Provide a Semi-autonomous System Capable of
  Penetrating Denied Areas and Serving As an
  Extension of the Human Soldier.
• Top Technical Challenges
• Robotic Mobility in Cluttered and Complex
  Terrain.
• Machine Perception for Obstacle Negotiation.
• Autonomous Operation and Fault Recovery.
• Ultimate Users
• Special-operations Forces
• Early-entry Forces
• Marine Corps

GOALS FY99 Mature enabling technologies for
Machine perception and mobility. FY00 Demonstrate
autonomous fault recovery. FY01 Conduct
operational experiments with integrated
systems. FY01 Culmination demonstration.
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