Blue Bear Systems Research Soar Agents for Unmanned Air & Ground Vehicles Dr Phill Smith 24 th Soar...

Blue Bear Systems ResearchBlue Bear Systems ResearchSoar Agents for Soar Agents for

Unmanned Air & Ground VehiclesUnmanned Air & Ground Vehicles

Dr Phill SmithDr Phill Smith

2424thth Soar Workshop Soar Workshop99thth – 11 – 11thth June 2004 June 2004

Building 32, Twinwoods Business Park, Clapham, Bedfordshire MK41 6AEBuilding 32, Twinwoods Business Park, Clapham, Bedfordshire MK41 6AETel: 01234 212001 Email: [email protected]: 01234 212001 Email: [email protected]

www.bluebearsystems.comwww.bluebearsystems.com

Blue Bear Systems ResearchBlue Bear Systems Research

Presentation OverviewPresentation Overview

Outline of project objectives, and vehicle Outline of project objectives, and vehicle functionalityfunctionality

Walkthrough slides of a typical simulationWalkthrough slides of a typical simulation

Demonstration runDemonstration run

QuestionsQuestions

Project funded by SAICProject funded by SAIC


ObjectivesObjectives

Development of a Soar agent:Development of a Soar agent: Exercised from the Simulink simulation Exercised from the Simulink simulation

environmentenvironment Controlling:Controlling:

Up to 6 unmanned ground vehiclesUp to 6 unmanned ground vehicles Up to 4 UAV’sUp to 4 UAV’s

MissionMission Form up into a teamForm up into a team Routine patrol through an urban areaRoutine patrol through an urban area Dynamically re-route around blocked roadsDynamically re-route around blocked roads Investigate areas of interestInvestigate areas of interest


Conflicting GoalsConflicting Goals

The Unmanned Ground Vehicles:The Unmanned Ground Vehicles: Conduct a pre-planned patrolConduct a pre-planned patrol Avoid blockages – dynamic route planning all done Avoid blockages – dynamic route planning all done

in Soarin Soar Seal off an area of interest, and investigateSeal off an area of interest, and investigate

The Unmanned Air Vehicles:The Unmanned Air Vehicles: Top priority is to provide the ground teams with Top priority is to provide the ground teams with

comms-relaycomms-relay May conduct surveillance over:May conduct surveillance over:

Road blockagesRoad blockages Areas of interestAreas of interest


Simulink ImplementationSimulink Implementation


A Typical Run - 1A Typical Run - 1


Project Next StepsProject Next Steps

Exact detail to be determinedExact detail to be determined

Moving towards hardware and Moving towards hardware and experimentationexperimentation

Will make use of our hardware Will make use of our hardware developmentsdevelopments Simon Willcox – presentation no. 12Simon Willcox – presentation no. 12


Demo!Demo!


ConclusionsConclusions

Soar is well suited to:Soar is well suited to: Equipping vehicles with true autonomyEquipping vehicles with true autonomy

Not just high level automation……Not just high level automation…… Needs to be structured as a multi-agent systemNeeds to be structured as a multi-agent system

Lends itself to software teams, not just individualsLends itself to software teams, not just individuals Ease of code re-useEase of code re-use

Can be used in a vehicle systems engineering Can be used in a vehicle systems engineering contextcontext

But….But…. Software V&V issuesSoftware V&V issues

Particularly with learning systemsParticularly with learning systems Certification issues for safety critical systemsCertification issues for safety critical systems

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