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[Project image] Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Security (Terrascout)
Head: Sanjiv Singh
Contact: Sanjiv Singh (ssingh@ri.cmu.edu)

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Associated center: FRC

For more information, see this project's homepage.

This page last updated - January 1999.
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Project Description

We are developing autonomous ATVs to secure borders and facility perimeters.

These scouts automatically patrol a desired path, detect and avoid obstacles, and provide operators with live video and audio feeds.

The scouts assist their human counterparts by providing eyes and ears in dangerous locations. Streaming audio and video enable an operator to evaluate threats and suspicious activities from the safety of a command-and-control center. Vehicles automaticlly detect and avoid obstacles as they navigate assigned patrol areas, relieving operators from constant vehicle monitoring. Many scouts operate concurrently, enabling a security officer to cover an area much larger than could be handled alone.

Personnel [Past Members]

Name Title Email Address
Bradley Hamner Research Programmer bhamner@andrew.cmu.edu
Myung Hwangbo PhD Student, RI myung@andrew.cmu.edu
Sanjiv's personal homepage Sanjiv Singh Associate Research Professor ssingh@ri.cmu.edu

Publications

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

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