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Appendix H-- Prospective Robotics Technologies
Appendix H-- Prospective Robotics Technologies
Pages 197-206
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It follows Soldiers using electronic breadcrumbs, can understand hand signals and avoid obstacles, and it exhibits multisensory position determination. The small REX has a sixty-mile range on a single tank of fuel and is currently being actively marketed for applications at the 197
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Development potential at present is TRL 5, advancing to TRL 6 in the mid term and TRL 9 in the far term with other planned robotic functions including navigation, mission planning, and heavy lifting in field. First implementation is likely to be in rear/depot areas where moving of heavy objects is prevalent and energy supply less critical.
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The robot, called Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin (PETMAN) , is being developed with Army support for testing clothing in a biological and chemical warfare environment.
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Fully functional anthropomorphic autonomous robots are anticipated for the far term. Example 4 The Japanese robot Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility (ASIMO)
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QUADRAPED ROBOTIC SOLUTIONS Quadraped robotic solutions are the robotic equivalent of donkeys or mules as pack animals. When fully developed quadruped robotic systems should have more mobility than wheeled or tracked vehicles.
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LS3 is in the early stages of development with DARPA funding and is advertised as far more capable and having greater range, reduced acoustic signature, and the ability to operate in a follower mode with troops. Current Status: TRL 5-6.
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The most impressive demonstrations of reasonable autonomy from the perspective of the military have been the DARPA challenges where robotic systems traversed long distances over varied terrain given only a starting point and an end point.1 Building on the DARPA grand challenges success, Google has started a major initiative in advanced robotics and to date has logged over 140,000 miles in a robotic vehicle with impressive results. Google usually allows autonomous operations on roads that have been traversed by a research team to develop data from which to generate a "world view" of the intended route.
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The Throwbot and Toughbot UGVs are designed to be tossed into an area such as a building or enclosure to provide video surveillance of the area. Small UAV and UGV systems can provide the Soldier with the ability to look beyond the next hill or into the next block of an urban environment, identify enemy positions, explore buildings and caves, and locate and examine potential improvised explosive devices.
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APPENDIX H REFERENCE DoD (Department of Defense)
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