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Unmanned and Unattended Response Capability for Homeland Defense

Description: An analysis was conducted of the potential for unmanned and unattended robotic technologies for forward-based, immediate response capabilities that enables access and controlled task performance. The authors analyze high-impact response scenarios in conjunction with homeland security organizations, such as the NNSA Office of Emergency Response, the FBI, the National Guard, and the Army Technical Escort Unit, to cover a range of radiological, chemical and biological threats. They conducted an an… more
Date: November 1, 2002
Creator: BENNETT, PHIL C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Robotic Mobile Manipulation Experiments at the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center

Description: This activity brought two robotic mobile manipulation systems developed by Sandia National Laboratories to the Maneuver Support Center (MANSCEN) at Ft. Leonard Wood for the following purposes: Demonstrate advanced manipulation and control capabilities; Apply manipulation to hazardous activities within MANSCEN mission space; Stimulate thought and identify potential applications for future mobile manipulation applications; and Provide introductory knowledge of manipulation to better understand ho… more
Date: June 1, 2002
Creator: BENNETT, PHIL C. & ANDERSON, ROBERT J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Dexterous Manipulation: Making Remote Manipulators Easy to Use

Description: Perhaps the most basic barrier to the widespread deployment of remote manipulators is that they are very difficult to use. Remote manual operations are fatiguing and tedious, while fully autonomous systems are seldom able to function in changing and unstructured environments. An alternative approach to these extremes is to exploit computer control while leaving the operator in the loop to take advantage of the operator's perceptual and decision-making capabilities. This report describes researc… more
Date: November 1, 2001
Creator: HARRIGAN, RAYMOND W. & BENNETT, PHIL C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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