Thursday, December 29, 2005
Grand Challenge
I have been following this story for a couple of years now, and it looks like there is finally a winner.
In 2003, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency offered $1 million to anyone who could build a self-driving vehicle capable of navigating 300 miles of desert. Dubbed the Grand Challenge, the robot-vehicle race was hyped for months. It was going to be as important as the 1997 Kasparov-Deep Blue chess match. But on race day in March 2004, the cars performed like frightened animals.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/stanley.html
The natural progression of this science is for a future where robots fight the wars, that way the good guys don’t get hurt.
The UGV/S JPO has several systems under development: - Man-Portable Robotic Systems (MPRS.), - Standardized Robotic System (SRS), - Robotic Combat Support System (RCSS), and - USMC Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle
(GLADIATOR)
To get involved, or help in this effort look here
The code 237 land based systems are going forward with
research, development, test and evaluation in command and control architectures, sensor data processing, wireless communications, operator machine interface and integration for robotic, physical security, torpedo fire control, coastal surveillance, law enforcement technology and deployable sensor systems.
The thing I often think about is that these independent platforms and software systems may act in ways not intended. This unintended behavior is often seen in complex system design. As I saw in the description of one program “Software that enables unmanned systems to autonomously determine its best course of military action”<snip>
Don’t want to get in the way of that nice little puppy.
In 2003, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency offered $1 million to anyone who could build a self-driving vehicle capable of navigating 300 miles of desert. Dubbed the Grand Challenge, the robot-vehicle race was hyped for months. It was going to be as important as the 1997 Kasparov-Deep Blue chess match. But on race day in March 2004, the cars performed like frightened animals.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.01/stanley.html
The natural progression of this science is for a future where robots fight the wars, that way the good guys don’t get hurt.
The UGV/S JPO has several systems under development: - Man-Portable Robotic Systems (MPRS.), - Standardized Robotic System (SRS), - Robotic Combat Support System (RCSS), and - USMC Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle
(GLADIATOR)
To get involved, or help in this effort look here
The code 237 land based systems are going forward with
research, development, test and evaluation in command and control architectures, sensor data processing, wireless communications, operator machine interface and integration for robotic, physical security, torpedo fire control, coastal surveillance, law enforcement technology and deployable sensor systems.
The thing I often think about is that these independent platforms and software systems may act in ways not intended. This unintended behavior is often seen in complex system design. As I saw in the description of one program “Software that enables unmanned systems to autonomously determine its best course of military action”<snip>
Don’t want to get in the way of that nice little puppy.
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