CORPORATE BACKGROUND
Since Robotic Technology Incorporated (RTI) was chartered in 1985 by Maryland, U.S.A., we have provided our clients with expertise in the fields of intelligent systems, robotic vehicles (including unmanned ground, air, and sea vehicles), robotics and automation, weapons systems, intelligent control systems, intelligent transportation systems, intelligent manufacturing, and other advanced technology.
Overview of Military Robotics
The following presentation provides a history and overview of military robotics. It focuses primarily on robotic ground vehicles, with only cursory mention of robotic air, sea surface, and underwater vehicles.
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Our expertise includes such disciplines as:
Autonomous Intelligent Control Systems and Machine Intelligence
Autonomous Intelligent Robots and Vehicles
Combat Robotics: Intelligent Air, Ground, and Sea Vehicles
Civil Applications for Intelligent Ground, Air, and Sea Vehicles
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
Homeland Security Analysis
Technology Transfer, Assessment, Forecasting, and Risk Mitigation
Business Development
Intelligent Systems for Decision Making
Memetics (Information Propagation, Impact, and Persistence)
Future Combat Systems
Service and Field Robots
Factory and Office Automation
Telepresence and Virtual Reality
Operations Research, Weapon, and C3I Systems Analysis
Simulation, Modeling, and Scenario Development
Technology/Policy Analyses
Management Systems and Intelligent Organizations
Technical Information Services, Seminars, and Workshops
Our projects have included:
Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR)
Military Memetics (Information Propagation, Impact, and Persistence)
Future Combat System (FCS) robotic ground and air vehicles
Application of Hierarchical Real-time Control System to intelligent vehicles
Intelligent Vehicle Technology Transfer (IVTT)
Humanoid and legged robots for military applications
Homeland security analysis and risk mitigation
Commercialization of mobile robots and intelligent vehicles
Technology assessment of robotics/automation for automobile assembly
Autonomous Management System for unmanned air vehicles
Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Master Plan (sections)
Civil applications for unmanned air vehicles
Back-packable unmanned air vehicle; long endurance UAVs
Unmanned air and ground vehicles in SIMNET (DIS)
Technology assessment of automation/robotics for naval landing zone
Robotics for Army logistics and material handling
Robotic assembly of innovative ocean structures
Robotics/automation for road construction and maintenance
Intelligent transportation systems
GPS-based fleet management and automated vehicle location systems
Combat robotics in Air/Land Battle 2000
Impact of combat robotics on Army training requirements
Emerging technologies and impact on Army leadership
Zoomorphic and arctic robotic vehicles; amphibious robots
Pipelined Image Processing Engine, machine vision
Robotic artillery systems
Telepresence/virtual reality (for vehicles & manufacturing)
Robotic excavators, dozers, trucks, and the NIST Robocrane
Unmanned underwater vehicle technology
Genetic algorithms for adaptive systems
SpringWalker exoskeleton; exoskeletons for construction
Virtual reality; synthetic environments
Robotics and intelligent machines for the Department of Energy
Cyberfield, a robotic replacement for minefields
Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC)
Robotic vehicles as platforms for terrorist weapons of mass destruction
Technology transfer from unmanned air to unmanned ground vehicles
Integration of unmanned air and ground vehicle operations
Net-centric Warfare
Ontology for Intelligent System