I'd like someone to do a thorough literature search on robotic convoy
research. This is research in mobile robotics which has been going on
since the 1980's in a number of civilian and military (US and foreign)
labs. Relevant search terms might include variations on: "robotic
convoys", "robotic followers", "autonomous convoys", etc... A
follow-up of the references found in topical papers may yield further
terms and sources. I am not interested in general robotics or driving
research, nor am I interested in "cooperating robots" if they are not
used in a convoy. Research on sensors or other technologies to be
used in convoys IS interesting.
I'm interested in everything written in English on this subject.
Ideally, the researcher would be able to send me PDFs of several
hundred relevant research papers, journal and conference articles. I
would expect that the material would be at least superficially checked
to weed out off-topic search hits. This sounds daunting, but I think
you will find that the volume of research is actually fairly
manageable.
Once this is done, I will probably post a second question asking for
this research to be summarized...
Please let me know if you have questions.
Thanks!
-Bill |
Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
13 Mar 2006 11:46 PST
stormforge-ga,
From a preliminary look into this subject, it seems that there are
only a handful of documents available online that go into any depth on
this topic.
And by 'handful', I mean, literally, single digit numbers, rather than hundreds.
Of course, there may be many more documents in the printed literature,
and it's possible I can dig out their citations, but as far as online
materials, I am not encouraged by my initial research that there is
very much available.
Any suggestions...?
pafalafa-ga
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Clarification of Question by
stormforge-ga
on
13 Mar 2006 13:01 PST
I'm surprised there's not more available publicly online. I guess I
may have to resort to journals and conference proceedings which will
require the resources of a research library. Are there Google Answers
researchers who have access to online journal services and search
services (INSPEC, IEEE, etc...)?
If not, whatever can be found online may still be useful -- just not
as much help as I had hoped. In the absense of a research library,
perhaps the online search could be expanded to include news articles,
powerpoint presentations, web sites, etc...?
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
13 Mar 2006 13:14 PST
sf-ga,
I have access to a number of in-depth research services, including
some that are specific to the military.
However, it would be a violation of copyright to reproduce articles
found through these searches. Best I could do would be to provide
citations for relevant articles.
Let me know how (or whether) I should proceed.
paf
P.S. Here's one of the online sources I found...it would be helpful if
you could verify that this is, in fact, the sort of thing you're
after:
http://fermat.nap.edu/books/0309086205/html/30.html
Technology Development for Army Unmanned Ground Vehicles
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Clarification of Question by
stormforge-ga
on
13 Mar 2006 14:41 PST
Yes -- the FCS robotic follower stuff is interesting and on the right track.
The library where I work has access to all the major online reference
tools, databases, journals, etc... I'm just too swamped to use them!
Hmmm... Maybe at this point the most useful thing you can do would be to
provide me with as comprehensive a search as you can without violating
copyright.
I'm travelling tomorrow, but I'll check back in the evening.
Thanks!
-Bill
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
13 Mar 2006 19:11 PST
Thanks for the feedback...I'll see what I can pull together in time
for your evening check-in.
Stay tuned...
paf
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
15 Mar 2006 06:49 PST
Bill,
Sorry...I've been sidetracked, but I'm still looking into this. I'll
try to get you an answer or an update in just a day or so.
paf
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
15 Mar 2006 11:33 PST
Bill,
Here are the references I've found. I'm not posting these as an
answer, since you asked for hundreds of articles, and this is
certainly a much smaller list.
Still, let me know what you think of the list, below, and what more
you would need to make for a complete answer to your question.
Cheers,
pafalafa-ga
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http://officersclub.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-robotic.html
Army testing unmanned Stryker convoys
Army News Service, Feb. 21, 2006
http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_netdefense_story.jsp?id=news/STRY03026.xml
Army Testing Robot For Stryker Convoys
03/02/2006
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/70867.html
Experiments in sensing and communication for robot convoy navigation (1995)
G. Dudek, M. Jenkin, E. Milios and D. Wilkes
IEEE/RSJ IROS, pages 268-- 273, 1995
[NOTE: There are a number of other relevant citations at this link,
though they are all quite dated]
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/456729.html
Multirobot Convoying Using Neuro-Fuzzy Control
Kim C. Ng and Mohan M. Trivedi
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
The University of California - San Diego, CA
[Undated]
http://www.gdrs.com/robotics/capabilities/convoys.asp
General Dynamics Robotic Systems
Robotic Convoys
http://www.gdrs.com/programs/program.asp?UniqueID=12
General Dynamics Robotic Systems
Robotic Follower ATD
http://www.dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y2005/Army/0602618A.pdf
ARMY RDT&E BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION
[NOTE: Budget document with information on robotoc convoy programs]
http://ezinearticles.com/?Robotic-Convoy-Future-Military-Technologies&id=122701
Robotic Convoy Future Military Technologies
http://proceedings.ndia.org/3570/session7/Jaczkowski.ppt
NDIA Intelligent Vehicle Systems Symposium
June 12, 2003
Robotic Follower Experimentation Results
http://proceedings.ndia.org/3570/session2/Mocnik.ppt
Robotic Follower (RF) Overview
11 June 2003
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/wrapper.jsp?arnumber=1468252
Modeling and controlling a robotic convoy using guidance laws strategies
Belkhouche, F.; Belkhouche, B.;
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, IEEE Transactions on
Volume 35, Issue 4, Aug. 2005 Page(s):813 - 825
http://www.ri.cmu.edu/pubs/pub_1030.html
Vision-Based Robotic Convoy Driving
H. Schneiderman, M. Nashman, A.J. Wavering, and R. Lumia
Machine Vision and Applications, Vol. 8, No. 6, 1995, pp. 359-364
http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~mrl/pubs/dudek/iros95.pdf
Experiments in sensing and communication for robot convoy
navigation
G. Dudek1, M. Jenkin2, E. Milios and D. Wilkes
Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill University
December 8, 1995
http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~hamblen/4006/projects/convoy/Reports%20and%20Presentation/Robot%20Convoy_final_presentation.ppt
Robot Convoy
Anees Elhammali, Michael Malluck, John Parsons, Namrata Sopory
Project Overview
http://www.rdecom.army.mil/rdemagazine/200406/itl_vti.html
TARDEC ROBOTICS FOR CONVOY AUTOMATION
June 2004
http://www.acims.arizona.edu/PUBLICATIONS/Presentations/HuZeiglerPermis04.ppt
Measuring Cooperative Robotic Systems Using Simulation-Based Virtual Environment
Xiaolin Hu
Computer Science Department
Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
http://www.acims.arizona.edu/PUBLICATIONS/PDF/Hu_Zeigler_ICAE.pdf
A Simulation-Based Virtual Environment to Study Cooperative Robotic Systems
Xiaolin Hu
Computer Science Department, Georgia State University
[Undated, but fairly recent]
http://www.jasonredi.com/
Dr. Jason Redi
Mobile Networking Systems Dept.
BBN Technologies
10 Moulton St., Cambridge, MA, 02138
Automatically Deployed Communications Relays (ADCR), part of the
Autonomous Mobile Communication Relays Program
...We are working with SPAWAR to add ad hoc networks onto both
autonomous follower robots. These slave robots convoy behind the
teleoperated or autonomous lead robot and automatically stop where
needed to maintain an ad hoc network that guarantees a link between
the lead robot and its control station.
http://worldthinktank.net/wttbbs/index.php?showtopic=1619
Robotic Convoy Future Military Technologies
Jan 3 2006
http://direct.bl.uk/bld/PlaceOrder.do?UIN=120050370&ETOC=RN&from=searchengine
Robotic follower: near-term autonomy for future combat systems
Brendle, B. E. Jaczkowski, J. J.
PROCEEDINGS- SPIE THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING
2002, ISSU 4715, pages 112-117
www.isd.mel.nist.gov/research_areas/research_engineering/
Performance_Metrics/PerMIS_2004/Proceedings/Hu.pdf
Measuring Cooperative Robotic Systems Using Simulation-Based Virtual
Environment
Xiaolin Hu
Computer Science Department
Georgia State University, Atlanta GA
2004
http://mae.pennnet.com/Articles/Article_Display.cfm?ARTICLE_ID=213965
Vetronics of the Future Combat System
http://www.ieeesmc.org/Newsletter/dec2005/R6xlhu.php
Towards an Incremental Simulation-Based Design Process
by Xiaolin Hu
http://armed-services.senate.gov/statemnt/2001/010605andrews.pdf
STATEMENT BY DR. A. MICHAEL ANDREWS II
DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY AND
CHIEF SCIENTIST
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON EMERGING THREATS AND CAPABILITIES COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
UNITED STATES SENATE
ON "LEAP AHEAD" TECHNOLOGIES AND TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVES
WITHIN THE ARMY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
JUNE 5, 2001
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2004SPIE.5422..326V&db_key=PHY&data_type=HTML&format=
Leader-follower function for autonomous military convoys
Vasseur, Laurent; Lecointe, Olivier; Dento, Jerome; Cherfaoui,
Nourrdine; Marion, Vincent; Morillon, Joel G.
Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5422, pp. 326-337 (2004).
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/issues/2002/Sep/Is_Technology.htm
September 2002
Is Technology Mature Enough For the Future Combat System?
http://www.cs.gsu.edu/~cscxlh/papers/ICAR2005_Hu.pdf
Applying Robot-in-the-Loop-Simulation to Mobile Robot Systems
Xiaolin Hu,
http://csdl2.computer.org/persagen/DLAbsToc.jsp?resourcePath=/dl/proceedings/&toc=comp/proceedings/iros/1995/7108/02/7108toc.xml&DOI=10.1109/IROS.1995.526171
International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems-Volume 2 p. 2268
Experiments in sensing and communication for robot convoy navigation
G. Dudek, Centre for Intelligent Machines, McGill Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada
http://spiedl.aip.org/getabs/servlet/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&id=PSISDG005083000001000311000001&idtype=cvips&gifs=yes
Robotic follower experimentation results: ready for FCS increment I
Jeffrey J. Jaczkowski
U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command
2003
http://www.michigan.org/cm/attach/25FC4911-33B7-420A-BB24-11F0DCE5493E/Meyers.pdf
Working With DoD
General Dynamics Robotic Systems
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/vsp/arb/2002/00000016/00000006/art00018
Rescue robot CUL: walking system based on a 'Robotic Follower'
Tokuda K.; Osuka K.; Mori Y.; Yano S.
Advanced Robotics, Volume 16, Number 6, 2002, pp. 533-536(4)
http://ariic.library.unsw.edu.au/griffith/adt-QGU20050915-034231/
Distance and Tracking Control for Autonomous Vehicles
Mark Robert Hitchings
Griffith University
1999
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=49580&session=dae.18570272.1142449461.RBhlNcOa9dUAABjTcA8&modele=jdc_1
U.S. Army TARDEC Leading Transformational Science and Technology for
Current and Future Forces
2004
http://www.ce.unipr.it/people/bertozzi/pap/cr/iv2003-pd-usarmy.pdf
Stereo-based Preprocessing for Human Shape
Localization in Unstructured Environments
A. Broggi, A. Fascioli, I. Fedriga, and A. Tibaldi
M. Del Rose
Vetronics Research Center, U.S.Army TACOM
http://www.isa.org/Content/ContentGroups/News/20051/October26/Pintos_Point__DARPA_Robot_Race_2005--five_complete_the_course.htm
DARPA Robot Race 2005?five complete the course
12 October 2005
http://defense.iwpnewsstand.com/insider.asp?issue=08162005
THE INSIDER: August 16, 2005
"TARDEC Seeking Funds to Rapidly Field Autonomous Convoy Capability"
http://www.gcn.com/print/23_16/26346-1.html
Robots pressed into defense duties
06/28/04
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Clarification of Question by
stormforge-ga
on
16 Mar 2006 04:09 PST
Great! That's good stuff. I think there's a lot of value in it for
me if you can simply complete a thorough internet-only search on
convoys. Do you think the list you've posted so far is comprehensive,
or is there more out there to dig up?
Thanks!
-Bill
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Request for Question Clarification by
pafalafa-ga
on
16 Mar 2006 05:08 PST
Bill,
Thanks a lot for your note.
Most of the stuff that I didn't include on the above list was either
(a) quite old, dating back to the mid-1990s or earlier, or (b) just a
repeat of information already provided (e.g. there were about 10 newsy
articles on the Stryker convoys, all from the same original military
press release.
I didn't want to clutter the list with old or duplicative materials.
But if you want these for the sake of comprehensiveness, just let me
know, and I'll be glad to include them.
Meanwhile, I'll continue looking for any more recent materials that I
may have missed, and I'll be sure to include them in my formal answer.
Let me know your thoughts at this point...
paf
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Clarification of Question by
stormforge-ga
on
16 Mar 2006 05:54 PST
Thanks! Yeah -- I don't need repeats (just the more
complete/authoritative version) and I don't particularly need stuff
before 1995 unless it's particularly good, interesting, or
comprehensive.
Please continue the internet survey until you feel like we've captured
90% of what's out there.
Cheers,
-Bill
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