The mission of the Intelligent Ground Systems (IGS) Area at the Tank Automotive Research, Development and
Engineering Center (TARDEC) is to conduct technology maturation and integration to increase Soldier robot
control/interface intuitiveness and robotic ground system robustness, functionality and overall system effectiveness for
the Future Combat System Brigade Combat Team, Robotics Systems Joint Project Office and game changing capabilities
to be fielded beyond the current force. This is accomplished through technology component development focused on
increasing unmanned ground vehicle autonomy, optimizing crew interfaces and mission planners that capture
commanders' intent, integrating payloads that provide 360 degree local situational awareness and expanding current
UGV tactical behavior, learning and adaptation capabilities. The integration of these technology components into
ground vehicle demonstrators permits engineering evaluation, User assessment and performance characterization in
increasingly complex, dynamic and relevant environments to include high speed on road or cross country operations, all
weather/visibility conditions and military operations in urban terrain (MOUT). Focused testing and experimentation is
directed at reducing PM risk areas (safe operations, autonomous maneuver, manned-unmanned collaboration) and
transitioning technology in the form of hardware, software algorithms, test and performance data, as well as User
feedback and lessons learned.
The Army's ARV (Armed Robotic Vehicle) Robotic Technologies (ART) program is working on the development of
various technological thrusts for use in the robotic forces of the future. The ART program will develop, integrate and
demonstrate the technology required to advance the maneuver technologies (i.e., perception, mobility, tactical
behaviors) and increase the survivability of unmanned platforms for the future force while focusing on reducing the
soldiers' burden by providing an increase in vehicle autonomy coinciding with a decrease in the total number user
interventions required to control the unmanned assets. This program will advance the state of the art in perception
technologies to provide the unmanned platform an increasingly accurate view of the terrain that surrounds it; while
developing tactical/mission behavior technologies to provide the Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) the capability to
maneuver tactically, in conjunction with the manned systems in an autonomous mode. The ART testbed will be
integrated with the advanced technology software and associated hardware developed under this effort, and incorporate
appropriate mission modules (e.g. RSTA sensors, MILES, etc.) to support Warfighter experiments and evaluations
(virtual and field) in a military significant environment (open/rolling and complex/urban terrain). The outcome of these
experiments as well as other lessons learned through out the program life cycle will be used to reduce the current risks
that are identified for the future UGV systems that will be developed under the Future Combat Systems (FCS) program,
including the early integration of an FCS-like autonomous navigation system onto a tracked skid steer platform.
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