The U.S. Army is planning the next generation of battlefield artillery vehicles. The new vehicles are the Advanced Field Artillery System (AFAS). The AFAs is self-propelled and can be deployed in rugged terrain. An additional vehicle is also planned to replenish the AFAs ammunition supply in the field. The Future Armored Resupply Vehicle (FARV) is envisioned to have a robotic resupply arm that can attach to a special docking port on the AFAs. In this configuration, ammunition can be transferred from the FARV to the AFAS through a motorized conveyor inside the resupply boom. The resupply operation is greatly dependent upon the skill of the boom operator to manipulate the boom into docking position. Previous experiments have shown that computer-assisted or autonomous docking can improve the ability of the boom operator to dock safely and quickly. A feasibility study of robotic guidance and machine vision technology was conducted at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to determine the degree to which autonomous docking is practical given the present state of technology and its direction for the future. The study was divided into three topics: a literature search, a survey of commercial systems, and a review of industrial applications.


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    Titel :

    Feasibility report: Autonomous docking for the modular artillery ammunition delivery system


    Beteiligte:
    W. B. Jatko (Autor:in) / J. S. Goddard (Autor:in) / R. K. Ferrell (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1993


    Format / Umfang :

    50 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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