Software Systems for Robotics An Applied Research Perspective

Over the past 20 years, Defence Research and Development Canada has developed numerous tele- operated unmanned ground vehicles (UGV), many founded on the ANCAEUS command and control system. This paper relates how long experience with tele-operated UGVs influenced DRDC's shift in focus from tele-operated to autonomous unmanned vehicles (UV), the forces that guided DRDC's development approach and DRDC's experience adapting a specific tool set, MIRO, to a UGV implementation.