Dr. JJoseph D hM Mait it ARL Senior Scientist (ST) Cooperative Agreement Manager
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MAST CTA • Integrated Academic-Industrial-Government Alliance • Basic research • Facilitate transition of results for use by government and industry • Single award to one consortium • 5 year program awarded February 2008 • option for one five year extension • ~$7.5M per year • Builds on success of previous Collaborative Technology Alliances
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What's different from what we've seen this week?
• Focus on urban and complex terrain • Smaller size • expectt more use off flapping fl i wing i • Increased collaboration between platforms • distributed processing, not centralized • Greater integration on both small and large scales l • e.g., thin film transistors, multifunctional structures
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Microsystems Vision To enhance tactical situational awareness in urban and complex terrain by enabling the autonomous operation of a collaborative ensemble of multifunctional, mobile microsystems.
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Shaping the Vision: Operational Scenarios
• Scenario #1: small unit building search • Autonomous A t navigation i ti in i benign b i iindoor d environment i t with ith human mission control • S Scenario i #2: #2 small ll unit it cave search h or demolished d li h d building b ildi • Autonomous navigation in complex environment with human mission control • Scenario #3: small unit perimeter defense • Autonomous navigation in complex environment with autonomous mission control Approved for Public Release
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Technical Issues
Control, perception, & cognition • Autonomous navigation & control • Sensing & processing • Communication • Mobile, distributed sentience Ambulation and aeromechanics • Mechanics in non-benign, complex environments • Propulsion & mobility actuation Materials & devices • Heterogeneous integration of devices • Mixed signal electronics The overlap and integration between Platform integration these technical areas drives research. • Microsystem architectures • Subsystem interaction • Packaging Miniature power and energy • Power integration and management Approved for Public Release
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Example Scenario 2 Challenge: Autonomous stable flight & navigation in gusty wind Potential solution: flapping wing with active surface control • Energy-efficient gy and g gust-tolerant wing g design g • Structural energy storage and distributed energy conversion • Chemical-to-linear force actuators • Integrated I d sensing, i processing, i and d actuation i ffor active i control • Embedded devices e.g., sensing, processing, actuation, interconnects, energy storage
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Research Areas Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology
Microsystem Mechanics
Processing for Autonomous Operation
Microelectronics
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Platform Integration
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CTA Members •
Principal Members • BAE – Integrator • University of Michigan – Microelectronics • University of Maryland – Microsystem Mechanics • University of Pennsylvania – Processing for Autonomous Operation
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General Members • University of California, Berkeley • Cal Tech/JPL • Georgia Tech • University of New Mexico • North Carolina A&T
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Scenario 0: Operationally-significant capabilities demonstrations • S Scenarios i 1 through th h 3 describe d ib a vision i i off future f t capabilities biliti • Mobility and collective behavior of small platforms are two critical capabilities that have operational significance • Tagging, Tagging tracking, tracking and locating: use a single mobile mobile, autonomous ground platform to plant tags surreptitiously on persons or conveyances • Operations in complex terrain, e.g., buildings or caves: use a mobile platform collective to establish a robust communications link matched to local topography without the need for hand emplacement
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