{"60419":{"#nid":"60419","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTRI Researchers Invited to Robotics Rodeo","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command\nextended an invitation to Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) researchers to\ndemonstrate their unmanned systems technologies at the Robotics Rodeo 2010.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EScheduled for October 12-15 at Fort Benning, the Rodeo\nprovides a venue for participants to present the latest in autonomous unmanned\nsystems to the Army user and research and development communities. Utilizing an\nunmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the GTRI\nteam will showcase the collaborative interoperability of separate, but\ninteracting autonomous systems. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cUnmanned systems research is moving away from single\nvehicle operations to operations involving multiple vehicles with different\ntypes of payloads, sensors and levels of autonomy to execute a single mission,\u201d\nsaid Lora Weiss, GTRI Lab Chief Scientist. \u201cAt GTRI, we had already started\nstudying the collaboration between heterogeneous vehicles in a distributed way,\nwhere the vehicles sort out and plan the mission themselves. The Robotics Rodeo\ngives us an opportunity to demonstrate our research advances to the Army\nspecifically, and to the community in general.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ETwo events are scheduled for the Rodeo. The Extravaganza\nwill be open to the public for participants to network with the public and\nother attendees. The Robotic Technology Observation, Demonstration and\nDiscussion (RTOD2), which is closed to the public, will allow participants to\ndemonstrate their technology to government and contractors. For RTOD2, GTRI\nwill use off-the-shelf, readily available components coupled with additional\nsensors and autonomy logic for the unmanned airplanes. Researchers will repurpose\nthe Sting autonomous vehicle used in the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge to interact\nwith the team of UAVs, as they operate and collaborate under autonomous control\nto complete the mission. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the past few years, GTRI has begun bringing the various aspects\nof autonomous vehicle research under one umbrella to include all aspects of the\nsystems\u2014payloads, sensors, autonomy logic and collaborative operations.\nResearch has also expanded the types of vehicles to include unmanned underwater\nand space vehicles. \u201cGTRI has conducted research in the unmanned vehicle area \u0026nbsp;in many different ways,\u201d said GTRI Research\nScientist Charles Pippin. \u201cNow we are exploring new ways to use\ninteroperability and collaboration by looking at the mix of platforms as an\noverall system.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EPippin and Weiss are part of the Unmanned and Autonomous\nSystems team at GTRI. The inaugural Robotics Rodeo was held last year in Fort\nHood, Texas.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"GTRI Researchers Showcase New Tech at Robotics Rodeo"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERobotics Rodeo allows reserachers to showcase the latest in unmanned vehicle technology.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Robotics Rodeo to showcase the latest in unmanned vehicle technology"}],"uid":"27191","created_gmt":"2010-08-13 10:59:25","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Robert Nesmith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60417":{"id":"60417","type":"image","title":"GTRI Joins in Robotics Rodeo","body":null,"created":"1449176267","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:47","changed":"1475894523","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:03","alt":"GTRI Joins in Robotics Rodeo","file":{"fid":"191120","name":"robotrodeo.JPG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/robotrodeo_0.JPG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/robotrodeo_0.JPG","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":435247,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/robotrodeo_0.JPG?itok=wH-rhxDq"}}},"media_ids":["60417"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/unmannedsystems.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"GTRI Unmanned and Autonomous Systems"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.tardec.info\/roboticsrodeo\/","title":"Robotics Rodeo"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"415","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"id":"10383","name":"Robotics Rodeo"},{"id":"10384","name":"Unmanned and Autonomous Systems"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKirk Englehardt , Director of Communications, Georgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kirk.englehardt@gtri.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}