A Staged Blueprint for Realizing Collaborative Autonomy

Tuesday, May 09, 2023: 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM

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Description

UAS autonomy enables vehicles to make their own decisions about navigation and other basic maneuvers, thus removing the need for operators to remotely micro-manage (via joystick) basic performance of these systems. Collaborative autonomy explores the use of multiple UAS working as a team to address mission-level goals and objectives in a way that optimizes the use of each vehicle’s capabilities. Freed from management of low-level control, a single human operator assigned to the team is able to focus on assessment of higher-order results and related tasking in real-time. For example, a heterogeneous group of UAS optimized for agriculture inspection could be comprised of a high-flying UAS that can scan fields for distressed and diseased crops, other UAS outfitted with effectors to apply specific remediations to problem plants, and even ground vehicles that can be called on for additional assistance to increase the speed, precision, and cost of applying fertilizer, pesticides, weed removal, and other needs. In this talk, we will discuss a blueprint for meeting the challenges ahead of us in the wide-scale adoption of collaborative autonomy, including a series of suggested interim stages that offer increasing value (while limiting risk) to the interested community of operators, developers, and regulators.

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Job Role:
Consultant,Engineering/Technical,Government/Policy/Regulatory,Journalist,Research & Development

Pass Type Required:
VIP Pass,Full Conference Pass,Media/Press Pass

Tags:
AI/Machine Learning,Defense,Software,Swarming,Autonomy,Expanded UAS Operations,Human-Machine Teaming