Semi-autonomous UAV/UGV for dismounted urban operations

Michael Trentini; Blake Beckman

doi:10.1117/12.852704

7 May 2010 Semi-autonomous UAV/UGV for dismounted urban operations

Michael Trentini, Blake Beckman

Proceedings Volume 7692, Unmanned Systems Technology XII; 76921C (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852704
Event: SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, 2010, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

Dismounted soldiers are clearly at the centre of modern asymmetric conflicts and unmanned systems of the future will play important roles in their support. Moreover, the nature of modern asymmetric conflicts requires dismounted soldiers to operate in urban environments with challenges of communication and limited situational awareness. To improve the situational awareness of dismounted soldiers in complex urban environments, Defence R&D Canada - Suffield (DRDC Suffield) envision Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) rotorcraft and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) cooperating in the battlespace. The capabilities provided to the UAV rotorcraft will include high speed maneuvers through urban terrain, overthe- horizon and loss of communications operations, and/or low altitude over-watch of dismounted units. This information is shared with both the dismounted soldiers and UGV. The man-sized, man-mobile UGV operates in close support to dismounted soldiers to provide a payload carrying capacity. Some of the possible payloads include chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) detection, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), weapons, supplies, etc.. These unmanned systems are intended to increase situational awareness in urban environments and can be used to call upon nearby forces to react swiftly by providing acquired information to concentrate impact where required.

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Michael Trentini and Blake Beckman "Semi-autonomous UAV/UGV for dismounted urban operations", Proc. SPIE 7692, Unmanned Systems Technology XII, 76921C (7 May 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.852704

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