Land, sea, and air unmanned systems research and development at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

Nguyen, Hoa G.; Laird, R. T.; Kogut, G.; Andrews, John C.; Fletcher, Barbara; Webber, Todd; Arrieta, Rich; Everett, H. R.

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“…Such systems can operate on land (Nguyen, 2009), in the air (Wingo, 2018), and at sea (Wirtz, 2020) in the conditions that are not suitable for humans (zones of radioactive contamination, high temperatures, overloads, etc.). Currently, there are many examples of how the application of the autonomous weapons systems has increased the effectiveness of solving combat tasks.…”

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General Legal Limits of the Application of the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the Purview of International Humanitarian Law

Дремлюга¹

2020

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This article focuses on the problem of regulation of the application of the autonomous weapons systems from the perspective of the norms and principles of international humanitarian law. The article discusses the question of what restrictions are imposed on the application of such weapons in the international humanitarian law. The article presents a number of principles that must be met by both the weapons and their method of their application: distinction between civilians and combatants, military necessity, proportionality, prohibition on causing unnecessary suffering, and humanity. The author concludes that from the perspective of the principles of the international humanitarian law, it is doubtful if autonomous systems would be able to comply with these principles. Weapons that hit targets without human intervention have been applied for a long time, but they have never had the independence that they have now. The issue of compliance of autonomous weapons systems with the international humanitarian law can be considered if sufficient experience of application of such weapons in real conditions is accumulated. This study demonstrates that it is impossible to say that autonomous weapons systems do not comply with the principles of humanitarian law in general. The paper provides policy recommendations and assessments for each of the principles under consideration. The author also concludes that it would be necessary not to prohibit autonomous weapons, because they do not comply with the principles of international humanitarian law, but to develop rules for their application and for human participation in their functioning. A significant challenge to the development of such rules is the opacity of these autonomous weapons systems, if we look at them as at the complex intelligent computer systems.

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General Legal Limits of the Application of the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the Purview of International Humanitarian Law

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“…Warfare System Center Pacific, located in San Diego, California, are currently calling for the use of robust embedded systems to carry their payload of sensors. Navigation, obstacle avoidance and the path planning are integrated using a sensor suite consisting of monocular vision, binocular vision, radar and LIDAR systems capable of detecting a kayak as far as 50 meters away [1]. The SPAWAR System Center Pacific is also supporting the Program Management Office for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), PMS-408, in developing an entire fleet of autonomous marine vehicles [1], in which, are planned to carry a payload of video cameras, sonar systems, current/temperature/density (CTD) sensors and Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs) [1].…”

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Junior Design of Autonomous Surface Utility Vehicle (ASUV): A Project Based Approach for Knowledge Integration

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2011 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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majoring in Ocean Engineering with a geology minor in Marine Geosciences. I was born and raised in Orlando, Florida by the parents of Mario and Susan Miranda. I have previously worked for Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute as a project intern for the design of the Red Lobster sponsored lobster collection vessel that is undergo in the Turks and Cacaos. I currently hold the Propulsion chair for the Human Powered Submarine team at FAU, making my duties responsible for the design of the power-train and propeller characteristics and autonomously controllable pitch system. I am also developing an acoustic modem for subsurface telemetry under the guidance of Dr. Ravi Shankar and Dr. Pierre-Philippe Beaujean, FAU. I have taken it upon my self to expand my knowledge as a highly motivated undergraduate student and my goal is to share the experience that I have been given the opportunity for in hope, to inspire other system engineering students alike. As a team, the effort of this project has been in part by the help of the Department of Ocean and System Engineering staff including

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Coordination Between Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicles: A Taxonomy and Optimization Perspective

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IEEE Trans. Cybern.

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The coordination between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) is a proactive research topic whose great value of application has attracted vast attention. This paper outlines the motivations for studying the cooperative control of UAVs and UGVs, and attempts to make a comprehensive investigation and analysis on recent research in this field. First, a taxonomy for classification of existing unmanned aerial and ground vehicles systems (UAGVSs) is proposed, and a generalized optimization framework is developed to allow the decision-making problems for different types of UAGVSs to be described in a unified way. By following the proposed taxonomy, we show how different types of UAGVSs can be built to realize the goal of a common task, that is target tracking, and how optimization problems can be formulated for a UAGVS to perform specific tasks. This paper presents an optimization perspective to model and analyze different types of UAGVSs, and serves as a guidance and reference for developing UAGVSs.

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Land, sea, and air unmanned systems research and development at SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific

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General Legal Limits of the Application of the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the Purview of International Humanitarian Law

General Legal Limits of the Application of the Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the Purview of International Humanitarian Law

Junior Design of Autonomous Surface Utility Vehicle (ASUV): A Project Based Approach for Knowledge Integration

Coordination Between Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicles: A Taxonomy and Optimization Perspective

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