Vision
At
GDRS, we see a near future when fully autonomous
robots will be fielded with Soldiers as part
of small combat units. We’re confident
that within this decade, robots will independently
conduct scout and convoy missions. They will
be supervised remotely by Soldiers who have command
and control over multiple, heterogeneous robotic
assets. Commanders will task robots as they would
any other Soldier. As we see it, robots will
be force-multipliers, co-combatants with Soldiers
in any environment, on any terrain, in any conflict.
At
GDRS, our autonomous mobility development is
done in the context of mission effectiveness – we
strive to develop systems that will reduce Soldier
workload, reduce network demand, reduce training
burdens, and increase mission efficiency.
We focus
on developing technologies that are central
to autonomous mobility success:
- advanced perception
and planning;
- tactical and cooperative
behaviors;
- scalable Warfighter-Machine
Interfaces;
- command, control, and communication
systems;
- and the systems architecture
that integrates these capabilities in a robotic
system that can look, plan, move, operate
collaboratively, and shoot on command.
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