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• Hear about microrobotic and fuel source
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• Obtain the latest information on T&E and
lessons learned from weaponization on the
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Gain invaluable information
from an elite panel of speakers
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RDML Terry B. Kraft, USN - Head of Maritime
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James (Raleigh) M. Durham - Director, Joint
Advanced Concepts, OUSD AT&L
Col (ret) James Lasswell - Technical Director,
Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
CSM Todd Bernett, USA - Senior Enlisted
Advisor, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat
Organization
David E. McCartney - Unmanned Ground
Vehicle Team Lead, US Army Aberdeen Test
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Who You Will Meet:
At IDGA’s Unmanned Systems Summit, you will
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network with representatives from related
military units/organizations, government
agencies, manufacturers/ contractors, and
technology service providers. Attendees will
include Program Managers and Project
Managers, Branch Heads, Project Leads, Chiefs,
Commanders, Scientists, and Engineers with
the following responsibilities:
• Unmanned Sensors
• Intelligent Systems
• Propulsion
• Surveillance
The Roadmap to Remoting Combat Tasks: Advances • Research & Development
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• CBRN
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Crucial issues to be discussed this dedicated to the promotion of innovative ideas
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t generation remote control portable in public service and defense. We bring together
• Seam software for autonomous multisys
less integration between operators tems speaker panels comprised of military and
• Adv and multiple unmanned assets
ancements in energy sources and government professionals while attracting
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Main Summit Days
Monday, September 28, 2009 Tuesday, September 29, 2009
7:00 Registration & Coffee 7:15 Registration & Coffee
7:45 Welcome & Chairperson’s Opening Remarks 7:45 Welcome and Chairperson’s Opening remarks
8:00 Keynote: Joint Advanced Concepts (OUSD AT&L) Morning Keynote
8:00 Keynote: The Current and Future Path of Unmanned Aerial Systems James (Raleigh) M. Durham, Director, Joint Advanced Concepts, OUSD AT&L
RDML Terry B. Kraft, USN, Head of Maritime Aviation, UAS and
Aviation Training Plans and Programs 8:40 Marine Corps Ground Robotics Experimentation and S&T Objectives
Marine Corps
Focus of experimentation on autonomous delivery of sustainment to the tactical level
Perspective
•
8:40 Background on the Small Robotic Vehicle Test Bed • Marine Corps S&T objectives aimed at developing future UGVs to support our Vision &
• Several examples of vehicles that have been tested: Do legs matter? Strategy 2025
• Discussion of the long-range tests and experiments in the desert: What • Marine Corps experience with Gladiator and prospects for future armed ground
works and what doesn’t robotics
• Ground robots that fly…early experiments and observations Col (ret) James Lasswell, Technical Director, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
Bill McBride Program Manager, Tactical Robotics, Southwest Research
Institute 9:20 Lessons Learned in OIF: Defining the Role of UGVs on the Battlefield
• Experiences from OEF
9:20 Advances in Autonomous Systems at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific • Lessons learned in the battlefield
• Small UGV autonomy • Technology roadmap
• Multi-vehicle common control COL (ret) Bruce Jette, Member of the Army Science Board (former REF Program
• Human robot interfaces Manager)
Michael Bruch, Head, Unmanned Systems Technologies Section
SPAWAR 10:00 Networking Break
Weapons Panel
10:00 Networking Break 10:45 Testing of UGVs at the US Army Aberdeen Test Center
• Current types of UGV testing
ARDEC
10:45 JIEDDO – Back from Theater • Future test methods, metrics, instrumentation and facilities challenges of testing
• Attacking the network autonomous UGVs
JIEDDO
• Defeating the device David E. McCartney, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Team Lead, US Army Aberdeen
•
Training the force Test Center
CSM Todd Bernett, USA, Senior Enlisted Advisor, Joint Improvised
Explosive Device Defeat Organization 11:25 ARDEC Weapons Panel
• Remote Weapon Systems for Robotic Lethality
Microrobotics
11:25 Armed Autonomous Unmanned Systems: Fully Autonomous Robotic •
Transition of remote weapons to robotic lethality systems
Focus
Engagements • Integration of technologies on to unmanned systems
• Legal requirements • Transforming unmanned systems into remote capabilities
• Lessons learned in the battlefield Bob Testa, Technical Lead, Small and Medium Caliber Armament Division,
• Ethical considerations Remote Weapons Branch, ARDEC
John S. Canning, Chief Engineer, Platform Integration Division, Bhavanjot Singh, Fire Control and Technologies Directorate, Project Lead, ARDEC
Engagement Systems Department, Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Dahlgren Division 12:05 Lunch
12:05 Lunch 1:15 Microrobotic Technologies: Locomotion, Organization, and Intelligence at the
Microscale
Experience
UAV Test
1:15 Unmanned Ground Vehicles in the Future Combat Systems (Brigade • Overview of the state of the art in microrobotics
Combat Team) • Results of the 2009 Nanogram League microrobot competition
FCS (BCT)
FCS overview Emerging tactical applications of microrobots
Update
• •
• Description of the FCS family of unmanned ground vehicles Dr. Jason J. Gorman, Intelligent Systems Division, Manufacturing Engineering
• Progress and technology challenges Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
William Folk, Deputy Product Manager, Unmanned Ground Vehicles,
Future Combat Systems (BCT) – UGV Platforms 1:55 Flight Test Experiences with UAVs
• Cooperative control of multiple vehicles
1:55 Alternative Fuel Sources for Unmanned Systems • Application areas and test results
Fuel Source
•
Updates on current fuel cell projects • Future directions
Mark Mears, Program Manager, Intelligent Control & Evaluation of Teams,
Focus
• Future projections
• Lessons learned Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dr. Karen Swider Lyons, Head, Alternative Energy Section, Chemistry
Division, Naval Research Laboratory 2:35 Networking Break
3:05 Improving Situation Awareness from UGVs: 3D SLAM and Immersive Vision
2:35 Networking Break • Two projects for improving situation awareness from UGVs through advanced sensors
and processing
3:05 Applying Intelligent Behaviors to Multiple Missions and Robots • 3D SLAM to provide a 3D structural map of building interiors and 3rd person
• Lessons learned about robot software interoperability
teleoperation perspective in real-time
• Developing mission-centric plug and play payloads • Immersive vision to provide a 1st person, immersive teleoperation interface, without
• Obstacles and opportunities for fielding robot intelligence
David Bruemmer Technical Director, Unmanned Ground Vehicles, mechanically gimbaled cameras
Idaho National Laboratory Scott Robbins, Lead Systems Engineer, The MITRE Corporation Center for
Command and Control Systems
3:45 A DHS Perspective on State/Local Bomb Squad Requirements Kyle Fawcett, Senior Systems Engineer, The MITRE Corporation Center for
Command and Control Systems
Perspective
• Current demands and needs in bomb squad requirements
• The current challenges
DHS
3:45 Intelligent Control and Tactical Behaviors for Unmanned Ground Systems:
Human-Machine
Interface Focus
• Future requirements for enhanced homeland security
Human-Machine Interfaces
Joe Foster, Program Director, S&T Directorate, Department of
Homeland Security
• Legal requirements
• Ethical considerations
4:25 T&E of UGVs at Yuma Test Center
• Technology roadmap
T&E update
• Desert environment testing of UGVs and fundamental issues Dr. James S. Albus, Senior Fellow, Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies,
• UGV T&E capabilities George Mason University (Former Senior NIST Fellow)
• Experience & lessons learned 4:25 Hybrid Power Systems for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS
Pierre Bourque, Test Lead, Combat and Automotive Systems Division, • Logistically fueled solid oxide fuel cells
US Army Yuma Test Center • Hand launchable SUAS fuel cells progress
5:05 End of Day One
•
Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) power system development
Lt Mark Roosz USAF, Special Purpose Power Program Lead, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base
5:05 End of Main Summit
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Unmanned Systems Development
Masterclass Day Wednesday, September 30, 2009
This in-depth and interactive series of workshops will examine current research and development for fuel cells, hybrid power sources, and
autonomous control systems for multiple vehicles. During this Master Class Day, you can expect:
• Smaller, classroom-style sessions
• In-depth discussions with the class leaders and fellow attendees
7:30 am – 8:00 am Registration & Coffee
Masterclass Day
Unmanned Systems Development
8:00 am – 8:45 am Briefing on TRADOC/TARDEC Robotics Strategy
Robotics Strategy White Paper – TRADOC/TARDEC
The Robotics Strategy White Paper is a result of the collaborative effort outcomes that are informed by DOTMLPF-C analysis, and to generate
between the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and discussion on issues related to the Army’s way ahead for robotics.
the Tank- Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center Subject Matter experts from TRADOC and TARDEC, with the assistance
(TARDEC). The paper builds on a confederated Army robotics “strategy” from over three dozen robotics specialists, collaborated to identify and
that is described by senior leader direction, studies, and various systems- assess feasibility of robotics systems to conduct or assist with the
based road maps. The purpose of this paper is to propose task areas execution of 32 soldier tasks.
that can further enable the Army’s 1.1 million soldiers, to drive
Dr. Jim Overholt, Director, Joint Center for Robotics
8:50 am – 10:50 am Autonomy/Control System Focus
Fielding Systems of Multiple UGVs with Varying Levels of Autonomy
The world has been controlling vehicles using tele-op control devices for What will be covered:
half a century now. We are all aware that operators find it difficult to • Multi-vehicle coordination & control
control vehicles beyond line of sight communications, and also find that • Distributed control using JAUS
operator fatigue is a very real and costly problem. In addition, there are • Enhanced tele-op with 3-D immersive display
no economies of scale that take place by having a single user control a • Retrofit vehicle automation
single vehicle remotely.
How you will benefit:
Autonomous Solutions understands the challenge and now presents User • Multi-vehicle control: lessons learned and steps moving forward
Supervised Autonomy along with other vehicle control solutions that will • Know how to take JAUS to the next level of distributed control
provide enhanced capabilities to many military and industrial applications. • Understand 3-D technologies that reduce operator fatigue
These technologies have been tested in markets such as military, mining, • Learn when to use retrofit kits vs. custom vehicle integration
agriculture, public safety, area security, training, and more.
Session Leader: Mr. Paul Lewis, Director of Software Engineering,
Autonomous Solutions, Inc
11:00 am – 1:00 pm Lowering Costs with COTS
Autonomous and Collaborative Operation of UGVs in Perimeter Security
Unmanned vehicles are being considered for perimeter security of critical What will be covered
infrastructure such as border, airbases, airports, military bases, prisons, and • Perimeter security applications
storage facilities. These perimeters can be several kilometers to thousands of • Autonomous behavior
kilometers in length. • Autonomous UGV mission planning
• Collaboration
The unmanned vehicle is a component within the perimeter security solution,
and it is anticipated that depending upon the application several to hundreds How you will benefit
of UGVs will be deployed. The use of “commercial off the shelf” is essential to • Learn about perimeter security requirements that are satisfied using
keeping the cost for UGVs within feasible deployment levels. autonomous UGVs
• Gain an understanding of autonomous UGV functional requirements, and
In a solution such as this the UGV needs to be autonomous and collaborative.
how ruggedized COTS components can be used
The model of collaboration is analogous to an infantry unit and consists of a • Acquire knowledge of the execution model for autonomous behavior, and
team leader that selects which missions shall be executed and team members
of the collaborative model used for a team of autonomous UGVs
tasked with executing team missions and individual missions.
Session Leader: Mr. Jeremy James, Arc Cores Fellow, President & CEO,
Frontline Robotics Inc
1:00 pm – 2:15 pm Lunch will be served
2:15 pm – 4:15 pm Hybrid Power Systems
Fuel Cell/Battery Hybrid Power System for Unmanned Systems: Challenges and Opportunities
Unmanned systems are becoming increasingly important for military and What will be covered:
commercial sectors. Current battery technology is unable to provide • Evaluation of critical design factors
necessary time of operation for some ground mobile robotic platforms, • System scaling for levels ranging from large to micro power
resulting in a strong desire for longer lasting power sources. Lithium-based • Power management
rechargeable and primary battery chemistries are at the limits of • Energy storage
performance with only slight gains seen in the foreseeable future. Fuel cells
How you will benefit:
have offered the potential to significantly improve energy storage density if • Gain a good overview of the future of power systems
a viable fuel or hydrogen storage method is found, but they have also been • Learn the latest developments in durable power
limited by their power density for applications such as UGVs and MAVs, in • Acquire knowledge about power management configurations
which both power and lightweight energy storage is needed.
Session Leader: Dr. Jeremy Steinshnider, PhD, Senior Scientist,
For unmanned systems to become a practical tool for either tactical or
Lynntech, Inc
reconnaissance missions, a leap in power density and energy storage
density is needed. Fuel cell and hybrid power systems are now coming
into maturation. This system will allow a UGV to perform for longer
durations before refueling. Developing this novel micro fuel cell power
system will provide a critical tool with which warfighters can maintain
battlespace awareness and ensure force protection.
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