Document Type

Article

Keywords

autonomous robots, performance guarantees, emergent behavior

Disciplines

Computer Engineering | Robotics

Abstract

A crucially important aspect for mission-critical robotic operations is ensuring as best as possible that an autonomous system be able to complete its task. In a project for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) we are developing methods to provide such guidance, specifically for counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction (C-WMD) missions. In this paper, we describe the scenarios under consideration, the performance measures and metrics being developed, and an outline of the mechanisms for providing performance guarantees.

Article Number

1012

Publication Date

4-2012

Comments

Unmanned Systems Technology XIV at the SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, Baltimore MD, April 2012

This research was conducted at the Fordham University Robotics and Computer Vision Lab. For more information about graduate programs in Computer Science, see http://www.cis.fordham.edu/graduate.html, and the Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, see http://www.fordham.edu/gsas.

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