Developing an Overwatching Fires Mission for a Team of Unmanned Ground Vehicles

摘要

One of the goals of the U.S. Army Ground Robotics Research Program is to develop individual and group behaviors that allow the robots to contribute to tactical missions such as interdiction and reconnaissance. By using simulation tools, we are able to develop, debug and test behaviors before porting them to actual robotic platforms. Simulation tools allow researchers to evaluate behavior performance in many environments, some of which may be difficult or dangerous to duplicate in an actual hardware test. This report describes our initial efforts to develop an over watching fires mission for team of robotic platforms. The report concludes with a discussion of possible extensions to the basic tool.