Title :
Next generation RASR TALONTM A remote robotic rapid area sensitive site reconnaissance platform
Author :
Wells, Peter ; America, QinetiQ-North ; Lobb, Ted ; LaValley, Howard ; Rezac, Jeromy ; Chyba, Thomas H.
Author_Institution :
Idaho Nat. Lab., ITT Corp., ID, USA
Abstract :
In a joint collaboration, QinetiQ North America (QNA), Idaho National Labs (INL) and ITT are developing a ground robotic platform that provides real time remote sensitive site assessment with sensor fused area mapping, dynamic obstacle detection and avoidance, and path planning that can be retrofitted to the over 3000 fielded TALONs to date. This platform is developed under Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Rapid Area Sensitive-Site Reconnaissance (RASR) Advanced Technical Demonstration (ATD) in conjunction with the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center. The RASR platform provides Warfighters, Civil Support Teams and First Responders with marked improvements in enhanced situational awareness and remote assessment tools.
Keywords :
collision avoidance; mobile robots; path planning; sensor fusion; telerobotics; ITT; Idaho National Labs; QinetiQ North America; RASR platform; advanced technical demonstration; civil support team; defense threat reduction agency; dynamic obstacle avoidance; dynamic obstacle detection; edgewood chemical biological center; enhanced situational awareness; ground robotic platform; next generation RASR TALON™; path planning; real time remote sensitive site assessment tool; remote robotic rapid area sensitive site reconnaissance platform; sensor fused area mapping; warfighters; Biomedical monitoring; Chemicals; Detectors; Monitoring; Raman scattering; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Technologies for Homeland Security (HST), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Waltham, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1375-0
DOI :
10.1109/THS.2011.6107861
