This report describes and discusses one of the first military unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), the robotics test bed (RTB). The RTB is a teleoperated vehicle with on-board automatic target acquisition system and turret-mounted weapon surrogate. The perspective of this report is primarily on robotic target engagement, with other aspects of the program and equipment being covered as context. The history of the program provides context for system design. Major subsystems of the vehicle are described, with detailed description of the target acquisition and engagement subsystems. A description of the use of the system in a recent demonstration of the capabilities of military robotics illustrates how such a system might be used in war fighting. Issues in robotic target engagement are discussed and further work is proposed.


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    Title :

    Target Acquisition and Engagement from an Unmanned Ground Vehicle: The Robotics Test Bed of Demo 1


    Contributors:
    G. A. Haas (author) / P. David (author) / B. T. Haug (author)

    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    69 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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