
Path Planning and Hazard Detection for Assault Zone Terminal EvaluationAward last edited on: 2/20/2015
Sponsored Program
SBIRAwarding Agency
DOD : DARPATotal Award Amount
$1,282,922Award Phase
2Solicitation Topic Code
SB082-030Principal Investigator
David ConnerCompany Information
TORC Robotics LLC (AKA: TORC~TORC Technologies LLC)
2200 Kraft Drive Suite 2050
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(540) 443-9262 |
info@torctech.com |
www.torcrobotics.com |
Location: Single
Congr. District: 09
County: Montgomery
Congr. District: 09
County: Montgomery
Phase I
Contract Number: ----------Start Date: ---- Completed: ----
Phase I year
2009Phase I Amount
$98,024Keywords:
Path Planning, Autonomous, Dynamic Environment, Gps-Denied, Darpa Urban Challenge
Phase II
Contract Number: ----------Start Date: ---- Completed: ----
Phase II year
2014Phase II Amount
$1,184,898Benefit:
Unmanned Ground Vehicles have shown promise enhancing a number of military missions; however most successful autonomous systems perform in highly structured environments. To enable operations in militarily relevant, unstructured environments at an operational tempo, a number of obstacle avoidance and planning challenges must be overcome. A viable autonomous system should require minimal supervisory control and operate across a variety of environments from off-road cross-country terrain to dynamic urban environments. The enhanced behaviors and perception capabilities integrated under this effort to support the expedient airfield survey mission will further the goal of enabling operations in military relevant dynamic environments. Commercial applications of this technology include the dull, dirty or dangerous tasks in the agriculture, mining or security markets. The high reliability and system ruggedness needed for the airfield survey system will be a major step towards the requirements for the commercial market.
Keywords:
Runway Assessment, Assault Zone Survey, Terminal Evaluation Kit