August 2nd, 2023

ARL Robotics Research Collaboration Campus
Graces Quarters, Maryland

Automated Screen Field Experiment

Securing Connected Vehicles, Soldiers, Platforms in Contested Environments

Aryya Gangopadhyay & Carl Busart

• Automated Screen: Real-time camouflaged and obfuscated object detection
• Long range communication and real-time data display for actionable intelligence

ARL Air Autonomy Stack Field Experiment

Multi-agent Distributed Scene Perception and Situation Awareness

Derek Paley & Stephen Nogar

• Unmanned Air RV: ARL Air Autonomy Stack with multiple RVs
• Beyond-visual-line-of-sight multi-agent search with onboard perception
• Aerial video recognition on edge hardware

ARL Ground Autonomy Stack Field Experiment

Autonomous Planning and Navigation

Dinesh Manocha & Damon Conover

• Mini Unmanned Ground RV: ARL Ground Autonomy Stack
• Wheeled and legged RVs for navigation of challenging terrain
• ATV-based UGV navigation

Distributed Virtual Proving Ground Remote Experiment

AI-Enabled Decision Making in Multiple Domains

Nirmalya Roy & Adrienne Raglin

• Distributed Virtual Proving Ground
• Live remote robotics experiments

ARL Ground & Air Autonomy Stack Simulation

Models, Tools, & Processes for Design, Test, & Verification

Jeffrey Herrmann & James Michaelis

• ARL Ground and Air Autonomy Stack simulations with multiple RVs
• Tools and processes to accelerate simulation and testing

ARL Summer Student Team Research

Palm-Sized Air Deployed Mobile Robot

Mumu Xu, Kasthuri Jayarajah, & Sean Gart

The summer student research teams at UMBC and UMCP:

• Developed and tested a landing mechanism for a palm-sized robot to withstand a 3-story fall
• Programmed the robot to search for and scan QR codes after safely landing on the ground