This document advertises the Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems USA conference happening on June 22-23, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. Attendees can save $400 by registering by February 28, $200 by registering by March 31, and $100 by registering by April 30. The conference will discuss topics like US Army robotics programs, Australian Army robotics development, unmanned vehicle programs, robotics supporting warfighters' mobility and sustainability, and integrating robotics into ground formations. Speakers will include representatives from the US and Australian militaries as well as academics working on relevant research.

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KEY REASONS TO ATTEND:
1. Building on the success of our multi-year Military RAS
conference in the UK, meet and network with the
world’s leading robotics experts and integrators from
military, industry and academia
2. Hear the latest updates on the US DoD’s land robotics
programmes, including the Robotic Combat Vehicle,
Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle and the
Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport
3. Discover the latest in RAS technology and find
new products, techniques and opportunities in
this dynamic field
4. Learn from pioneers at the forefront of robotics
development, including the Army Research Laboratory,
Carnegie Mellon University, and Virginia Tech
MILITARY AND DOD SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Brigadier Ian Langford, Director General Future Land Warfare,
Australian Defence Force
Colonel Scott Anderson, Project Officer Unmanned Air Systems,
PEO Aviation, US Army
Colonel Johnny Cochran, Deputy Director, Close Combat
Lethality Task Force, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Sten Allik, Senior Staff Officer/Future
Solutions, Estonian Defence Forces
Lieutenant Colonel Jon Bodenhamer, Product Manager
Applique' and Large Unmanned Ground Systems (ALUGS),
PEO CS&CSS, US Army
Major Cory Wallace, Robotic Combat Vehicle Lead, Next
Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team, US Army
Captain Evan Inglett, Ground Combat Branch Head, United
States Marine Corps Warfighting Lab
Staff Sergeant Matt Foglesong, Robotics and Autonomy
Branch Head, United States Marine Corps Warfighting Lab
Mr Stuart Hatfield, Branch Chief, Soldier Systems and
Unmanned Ground Systems, Office of the Deputy Chief of
Staff, G-8, US Army
Mr Ted Maciuba, Deputy Director Robotics Requirements,
Maneuver CDID, US Army
SMi Group Proudly Presents the Inaugural
MILITARY ROBOTICS
AND AUTONOMOUS
SYSTEMS USA
22nd-23rd
JUNE
2020
Hilton Arlington Hotel, Arlington, VA
Achieving Overmatch, Enhancing Warfighter Lethality,
and Supporting Future Ground Forces

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Day One | 22nd June 2020
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08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
09.10 US Army Robotics Long-Term Strategy, Requirements and
Funding
• Overall robotics requirements to fit RAS goals in 30-year
strategies
• Available funding for robotics development and how
industry can further integrate with Army research
• Redesigning existing formations to integrate RAS at the
lowest levels
• Anticipated challenges of integrating and fielding robotics
across the whole US Army
Mr Stuart Hatfield, Branch Chief, Soldier Systems and
Unmanned Ground Systems, Office of the Deputy Chief
of Staff, G-8, US Army
09.50 Australian Army Robotics Development and RAS Role in
Future Force Planning
• Australian Army RAS testing and experimentation:
lessons for effective creation of RAS capability
• The role of robotics in future Australian land forces and
plans for gradual integration of RAS into current formations
• Human/machine teaming for effective cognitive
processes
Brigadier Ian Langford, Director General Future Land Warfare,
Australian Defence Force
10.30 Morning Coffee
UNMANNED VEHICLE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
11.00 Maintaining Situational Awareness and Exploiting the
Information Advantage with Small Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles
• Soldier-launched aircraft system: benefits of small UAVs
for enhanced situational awareness
• Considerations for protecting small UAVs from EW
operations and connectivity requirements to exploit
picture streaming
• Future of small UAV acquisition and integration into
mounted and dismounted formations
Colonel Scott Anderson, Project Officer Unmanned Air
Systems, PEO Aviation, US Army
11.40 Pursuing Remote-Control Fighting Vehicles: Robotic Combat
Vehicle Update
• Progress of the Robotic Combat Vehicle team in creating
a robotic vehicle capability for the warfighter and priorities
for the future
• Where the RCV will operate in the battlegroup and its role
in supporting the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicles
• Overcoming ground navigation limitations and integrating
artificial intelligence to enable the RCV to fulfil its role in the
battlegroup
Major Cory Wallace, Robotic Combat Vehicle Lead, Next
Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team, US Army
12.20 Networking Lunch
SUPPORTING THE WARFIGHTER: MOBILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY
13.20 Product Manager Applique and Large Unmanned Ground
Systems
• Using Rapid Acquisition for development, production, and
fielding of the Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport (SMET)
• Autonomous systems for Area and Route Clearance
• Tactical employment of Leader Follower technology for
combat Logistics
• Looking ahead to future large UGV acquisition
Lieutenant Colonel Jon Bodenhamer, Product Manager
Applique’ and Large Unmanned Ground Systems (ALUGS),
PEO CS&CSS, US Army
14.00 Towards a statistical physics approach to compose dynamic
locomotor transitions in complex terrain
• Effective locomotion in nature happens by transitioning
between multiple modes (e.g., walk, run, slither, etc.)
• Despite this, far more progress has made been on
understanding how to generate and stabilize near-steady-
state movement within a single mode
• Our research begins to reveal the usefulness of a statistical
physics approach for understanding how to compose
dynamic locomotor transitions across distinct modes in
complex terrain
Doctor Chen Li, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Whiting
School of Engineering
14.40 Afternoon Tea
RAS PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
15.10 United States Marine Corps: Robotics in Support of the
Warfighter
• Expeditionary Modular Autonomous Vehicle (EMAV): Standards
based multi-purpose Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV)
• Robotic Autonomous Systems Command and Control
(RASC2): decentralized multi-UxS manager
• Warrior Performance Program (WPP): leveraging emerging
technologies and integrating them into individual combat
equipment
• Robotic Vehicle Modular Payloads (RVM-P): Integrating
payloads onboard Expeditionary Modular Autonomous
Vehicle (EMAV)
Captain Evan Inglett, Ground Combat Branch Head,
United States Marine Corps Warfighting Lab
Staff Sergeant Matt Foglesong, Robotics and Autonomy
Branch Head, United States Marine Corps Warfighting Lab
15.50 Program Manager Panel: Driving RAS Acquisition and
Integration
• Where the DoD is going: long-term RAS direction
• Performance of RAS acquisition outfits so far and how we
can improve
• Necessary considerations for balancing quality and
quantity, such as ease-of-replacement, survivability, cost,
and demand across the military
• How industry and DoD can work better together within the
RAS sphere
Moderator: Mr Stuart Hatfield, Branch Chief, Soldier Systems
and Unmanned Ground Systems, Office of the Deputy Chief
of Staff, G-8, US Army
Colonel Scott Anderson, Project Officer Unmanned Air
Systems, PEO Aviation, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Jon Bodenhamer, Product Manager
Applique' and Large Unmanned Ground Systems (ALUGS),
PEO CS&CSS, US Army
Major Cory Wallace, Robotic Combat Vehicle Lead, Next
Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team, US Army
16.30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

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Day Two | 23rd June 2020
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08.30 Registration & Coffee
09.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
OPENING KEYNOTE BRIEFINGS
09.10 Maximising Lethality and Gaining Overmatch in Close
Combat with RAS
• Close Combat Lethality Task Force overview and priorities
for optimising the close combat warrior
• Opportunities for robotics to integrate with close combat
teams for maximal lethality and overmatch
• Autonomous weaponry: considerations for use in close
combat operations
• The future of AI for Small Unit Manuever
Colonel Johnny Cochran, Acting Director, Close Combat
Lethality Task Force, The Pentagon
09.50 Implementation of Autonomous Systems - Reconsidering
Operational Balance?
• Impact of technology proliferation on operational
capabilities of small forces
• Implementation of unmanned ground systems - question
of technology or concepts?
• Challenges for coalitions - how to stay interoperable?
Lieutenant Colonel Sten Allik, Senior Staff Officer/Future
Solutions, Estonian Defence Forces
10.30 Morning Coffee
INTEGRATING RAS INTO GROUND FORMATIONS
11.00 Maneuver Robotics Integration and Creating Effective
Robotically Equipped Formations
• Integration testing in maneuver formations and
experimentation efforts so far
• Manned/unmanned teaming with armoured formations:
optimal mix between manned and unmanned systems
and how the US Army can develop effective ways to test
and verify this ratio
• Case-study: robotic complex breach concept for
manned/unmanned teaming
Mr Ted Maciuba, Deputy Director Robotics Requirements,
Maneuver CDID, US Army
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11.40 Novel Field Robots for Military Applications and Multi-Domain
Operations
• Autonomous mobile robots with symbiosis of mobility and
manipulation and modular and reconfigurable mobile
robotics for search & rescue
• Design and integration of Semi-Autonomous Victim
Extraction Robots (SAVERS) with autonomous casualty pose
estimation and manipulation
• Design of intelligent bioinspired robotic tails for robust
dynamic stabilization and agile maneuvering of legged
robots
Professor Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, Director, VT Robotics and
Mechatronics Laboratory, Virginia Tech
12.20 Networking Lunch
13.20 Robotics and Autonomous Systems: From Basic Research to
Deployment
• Description of the Robotics stack
• Current successes and challenges
• Academic, Industry, Government Partnerships
Professor Srinivasa Narasimhan, Interim Director of the
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
14.00 Integrating Autonomy into Military RAS
• ARL’s research into autonomy for military systems
• Current limitations of autonomy
• Ethical considerations
• Building the future: how the future battlefield will look with
autonomous systems
Dr Brian Sadler, Senior Research Scientist, Intelligent Systems,
Army Research Laboratory (Subject to Final Confirmation)
14.40 Afternoon Tea
15.10 R&D Panel: Advancing Robotics for Defence Use
• Why good R&D is necessary for a strong military
• Where R&D can help: specific RAS challenges where
research can light the way
• Ethical considerations: driving innovation while balancing
concerns
• How academia can work better with military and industry
to drive innovation
Professor Pinhas Ben-Tzvi, Director, VT Robotics and
Mechatronics Laboratory, Virginia Tech
Professor Srinivasa Narasimhan, Interim Director of the
Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr Brian Sadler, Senior Research Scientist, Intelligent Systems,
Army Research Laboratory (Subject to Final Confirmation)
Dr Chen Li, Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Whiting School
of Engineering
15.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

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