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• 3D Mine Mapping - We are developing robotic systems for automated 3D mine mapping.
• Automated Material Transport System
• Automated Turf Management - This project deals with automated management and mowing of large areas of turf, such as golf courses, sports fields, and parks
• Autonomous Agricultural Spraying - We are developing ground-based vehicles for pesticide application.
• Autonomous Ground Vehicle Design - Pursuing high speed navigation of unrehearsed terrain in pursuit of the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
• Autonomous Helicopter - Develop a vision-guided robot helicopter
• Autonomous Navigation System - The NREC is leading the development of perception and path planning within the Autonomous Navigation System program for the Future Combat System.
• Bow Leg Hopper - A novel, single-leg, dynamically stabilized planar robot that efficiently traverses rugged terrains under computer control.
• Caisson Construction 3D Modeling System - The Kajima project is developing a system to image/sense/map the terrain of the interior of a caisson.
• Crusher - NREC designed and developed the Crusher vehicle to support the UPI program's rigorous field experimentation schedule.
• Demeter - The Demeter project is developing a next-generation self-propelled hay harvester for agricultural operations.
• Dynamic Biped - We are developing a new series of bipedal walking robots that use passive-dynamic principles.
• Dynamically-Stable Mobile Robots in Human Environments - We are developing novel dynamically-stable rolling machine and walking machine research platforms to study interactions with people and operating in normal home and workplace environments.
• Educational Robotics - We are developing both physical robots and curriculum that will make educational robotics viable at the middle school and high school levels.
• Explorer^TM - The NREC is developing an untethered, long range (2,500 ft +), gas line visual inspection robot system that provides real-time video from inside the line, can be deployed in live lines, and can pass through all angles and bends of both 6" and 8" lines.
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robot - Very Low Cost - We are deveopling a suite of highly capable mobile robots for Explosive Ordnance Disposal and First Responders which are very low in total ownership costs.
• Footstep Planning for Biped Robots - Navigation strategies for bipeds through complex environments, planning for the full capabilities of the biped.
• Formal Verification of Autonomous Systems - We are developing tools and techniques to support formal verification of autonomous systems.
• Gladiator - The NREC-led team designed, developed and field tested and successfully demonstrated a Gladiator robotic system with high mobility and remote combat capabilities.
• Gyrover - A Single-Wheel, Gyroscopically stabilized Robot
• Inter-Process Communication Package - We are developing a high-level support package for connecting and sending data among processes using TCP / IP sockets.
• Learning Applied to Ground Robots Platform - NREC designed, built and delivered 12 turnkey robots in seven months to support the LAGR Program kick-off meeting.
• Learning Locomotion - Robust planning and control of the quadruped robot "Little Dog" to traverse rough terrain (DARPA sponsored).
• Legless Locomotion - A novel locomotion technique for legged robots when their legs don't touch the ground!
• LSTAT/Snake Robot - We are working with the US Army's TATRC department (Telemedicine & Advanced Technology Research Center) to integrate a snake robot into the LSTAT system.
• M2000: A Semi-Autonomous System for High-Speed Paint Removal - Automated paint removal system for large ships
• Mars Autonomy - Long-distance marsrover navigation with minimal human intervention.
• Millibots - Heterogeneous group of small autonomous robots with modular payloads and sensing platforms
• Mobile Autonomous Robot Software - Develop complete, effective and scalable software for autonomous robot teams. Demonstrate robot teams with integrated action, perception, reasoning, communication and cooperative strategies that solve complex multiagent tasks.
• Motion Free Scanning Radar - We incorporate the current state of the art in non-mechanical scanning antenna technology with advanced millimeter-wave ranging technology to enable a small, reliable, and affordable imaging-radar sensor with no moving parts. Sensors will be demonstrated on the sponsor's equipment in typical operating scenarios and environments.
• PerceptOR (NREC) - We have developed a novel semi-autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that includes a dedicated unmanned air vehicle - a "Flying Eye" - that flies ahead of the UGV to detect hazards before the onboard UGV sensors would.
• Pioneer - Robots for Chornobyl Stabilization
• Reliability of Mobile Robot Teams - We are developing analytical tools which enable the prediction of robotic mission failure given mission specifications and robot component reliability data.
• Remoted Bulldozer for Training and Human Factors Evaluation - A Teleoperated Bulldozer
• Robot Boat Project - We are developing a small solar-powered robot for long-term offshore science experiments. Applications include meteorology, oceanography, marine biology and other marine sciences.
• Robotic Demining - We are developing an autonomous robot to find landmines.
• Robotic Soccer - The RoboSoccer project develops collaboration among multiple autonomous agents.
• Simultaneous Localization and Mapping - We are developing a geometric mapping strategy that directs a mobile robot to explore an unknown environment while taking into consideration sensor and encoder uncertainty.
• Social Robots - We are developing robots with personality.
• Telepresence Robot Kit - To design, create, and disseminate robotics curricula and technologies that motivate young women and men to actively explore science and technology.
• The Electric Cable Differential (ECD) Leg - We are designing a bipedal robot to be capable of running, walking, jumping, hopping, and generally behaving in a highly dynamic manner.
• Time-optimal Vehicle Trajectories - What's the fastest way to drive a mobile robot?
• Transitional Unmanned Ground Vehicle - Cross Country Navigation
• Treasure Hunt: Pickup Teams - We are developing a single heterogeneous human-robot team capable of effectively locating objects of interest (treasure) spread over a complex, previously unknown environment.
• UGCV PerceptOR Integrated - The UPI (UGCV PerceptOR Integrated) program integrates and enhances the results from UGCV and PerceptOR to increase the speed and autonomy of unmanned ground vehicles operating in complex terrain. By combining the inherent mobility of Spinner with advanced perception techniques including the use of learning and prior terrain data, the UPI program stresses system design across vehicle, sensors and software so that the strengths of one component compensate for the weaknesses of another.
• Underground Mining Operator Assist - Automating the functions of a continuous mining machine and roof bolting units.
• Very Rough Terrain Nonholonomic Trajectory Generation and Motion Planning for Rovers - We are developing rough terrain trajectory generation algorithms for local path planning and optimal regional motion planning methods using a constrained search space.
• Xavier - Perceptual, reasoning and learning abilities in autonomous mobile robots