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Unmanned ground vehicle

Index Unmanned ground vehicle

An unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) is a vehicle that operates while in contact with the ground and without an onboard human presence. [1]

72 relations: Agricultural robot, All-terrain vehicle, Automated guideway transit, Autonomous car, Autonomous logistics, Autonomous robot, Autonomy, Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot, Black Knight (vehicle), Crusher (robot), Curiosity (rover), DARPA, DARPA Grand Challenge, DARPA LAGR Program, DOK-ING, DRDO Daksh, Driverless tractor, Eastern Front (World War II), Elbit Systems, Explosive material, Foster-Miller, Foster-Miller TALON, Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, General Dynamics Land Systems, Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle, Goliath tracked mine, Guardium, Improvised explosive device, IRobot, Israel Aerospace Industries, JAUS, Joint venture, Mars Exploration Rover, MATILDA, Matilda II, Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, MillenWorks, Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment vehicle, NASA, Nova 5, Opportunity (rover), Oshkosh Corporation, PackBot, Peacekeeping, RCA, Remotely operated underwater vehicle, Ripsaw (vehicle), RS-24 Yars, RT-2PM2 Topol-M, Russian Ground Forces, ..., Search and rescue, Sensor, September 11 attacks, Serbian Armed Forces, Shakey the robot, Snatch Land Rover, Spirit (rover), Strategic Computing Initiative, Teleoperation, Teletank, UGV Interoperability Profile, United States Marine Corps, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Unmanned ground vehicle Miloš, Vehicle, VIPeR, VisLab, VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge, Waypoint, Wheelbarrow (robot), Winter War, 4D-RCS Reference Model Architecture. Expand index (22 more) »

Agricultural robot

An agricultural robot is a robot deployed for agricultural purposes.

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All-terrain vehicle

An all-terrain vehicle (ATV), also known as a quad, quad bike, three-wheeler, four-wheeler or quadricycle as defined by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is a vehicle that travels on low-pressure tires, with a seat that is straddled by the operator, along with handlebars for steering control.

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Automated guideway transit

The automated guideway transit (AGT) is a fully automated, driverless, grade-separated transit system in which vehicles are automatically guided along a "guideway".

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Autonomous car

An autonomous car (also known as a driverless car, self-driving car, and robotic car) is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and navigating without human input.

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Autonomous logistics

Autonomous logistics describes systems that provide unmanned, autonomous transfer of equipment, baggage, people, information or resources from point-to-point with minimal human intervention.

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Autonomous robot

An autonomous robot is a robot that performs behaviors or tasks with a high degree of autonomy.

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Autonomy

In development or moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, un-coerced decision.

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Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot

The Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR) is a military robot under the development of Vecna Technologies that will be used for the extraction of wounded soldiers from the battlefield with no risk to human life.

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Black Knight (vehicle)

The Black Knight is a prototype unmanned ground combat vehicle (UGCV) designed by BAE Systems.

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Crusher (robot)

Crusher is a autonomous off-road Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle developed by researchers at the Carnegie Mellon University's National Robotics Engineering Center for DARPA.

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Curiosity (rover)

Curiosity is a car-sized rover designed to explore Gale Crater on Mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission (MSL).

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DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.

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DARPA Grand Challenge

The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for American autonomous vehicles, funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the most prominent research organization of the United States Department of Defense.

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DARPA LAGR Program

The Learning Applied to Ground Vehicles (LAGR) program, which ran from 2004 until 2008, had the goal of accelerating progress in autonomous, perception-based, off-road navigation in robotic unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs).

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DOK-ING

DOK-ING d.o.o is a Croatian company which manufactures electric vehicles, unmanned multi-purpose vehicles and robotic systems.

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DRDO Daksh

Daksh is an electrically powered and remotely controlled robot used for locating, handling and destroying hazardous objects safely.

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Driverless tractor

A driverless tractor is an autonomous farm vehicle that a delivers a high tractive effort (or torque) at slow speeds, for the purposes of tillage and other agricultural tasks.

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Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Southeast Europe (Balkans) from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.

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Elbit Systems

Elbit Systems Ltd.

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Explosive material

An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.

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Foster-Miller

Foster-Miller, Inc., is a United States-based military robotics manufacturer, a division of the United Kingdom's Qinetiq North America.

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Foster-Miller TALON

The Foster-Miller TALON remotely operated vehicle is a small, tracked military robot designed for missions ranging from reconnaissance to combat.

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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

The is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a site in the towns of Ōkuma and Futaba in the Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

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General Dynamics Land Systems

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) is an American manufacturer of military vehicles such as tanks and lighter armored fighting vehicles.

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Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle

The Gladiator Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Gladiator TUGV) program was developed in order to support the United States Marine Corps conduct of Ship To Object Maneuver (STOM) missions through the use of a medium-sized, robotic system to minimize risks and eliminate threats to Marines during conflict.

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Goliath tracked mine

The Goliath tracked mine - complete German name: Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath (Goliath Light Charge Carrier) was a name given to two German Unmanned ground vehicles, disposable demolition vehicles, used during World War II.

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Guardium

Guardium, developed by G-NIUS, is an Israeli unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) used to combat and guard against invaders along Gaza's border.

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Improvised explosive device

An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action.

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IRobot

iRobot Corporation is an American advanced technology company founded in 1990 by three MIT graduates who designed robots for space exploration and military defense.

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Israel Aerospace Industries

Israel Aerospace Industries (Hebrew: התעשייה האווירית לישראל ha-ta'asiya ha-avirit le-yisra'el) or IAI (תע"א) is Israel's prime aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both military and civilian usage.

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JAUS

Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS), formerly known as Joint Architecture for Unmanned Ground Systems (JAUGS), was originally an initiative started in 1998 by the United States Department of Defense to develop an open architecture for the domain of unmanned systems.

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Joint venture

A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance.

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Mars Exploration Rover

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) mission is an ongoing robotic space mission involving two Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, exploring the planet Mars.

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MATILDA

Mesa Associates' Tactical Integrated Light-Force Deployment Assembly (MATILDA) is a remote controlled surveillance and reconnaissance robot created and designed by the Mesa Robotics Corporation.

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Matilda II

The Infantry Tank Mark II, best known as the Matilda, was a British infantry tank of the Second World War.

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Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement

The Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) is a series of vehicles, based on a common chassis that vary by payload and mission requirements.

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MillenWorks

MillenWorks, known as Rod Millen Motorsports until 2005, was an American automotive technology company started by Rod Millen in 1980.

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Multifunctional Utility/Logistics and Equipment vehicle

The Multi-Mission Unmanned Ground Vehicle, previously known as the Multifunction Utility/Logistics and Equipment vehicle (MULE), was an autonomous unmanned ground combat vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control for the United States Army's Future Combat Systems and BCT Modernization programs.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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Nova 5

Nova 5 is an autonomous robot designed for intelligent search and rescue applications created by two electronics engineers and brothers Fady and Sami Khaled.

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Opportunity (rover)

Opportunity, also known as MER-B (Mars Exploration Rover – B) or MER-1, is a robotic rover active on Mars since 2004.

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Oshkosh Corporation

Oshkosh Corporation, formerly Oshkosh Truck, is an American industrial company that designs and builds specialty trucks, military vehicles, truck bodies, airport fire apparatus and access equipment.

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PackBot

PackBot is a series of military robots by iRobot, an international robotics company founded in 1990.

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Peacekeeping

Peacekeeping refers to activities intended to create conditions that favour lasting peace.

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RCA

The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919.

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Remotely operated underwater vehicle

A remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) is a tethered underwater mobile device.

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Ripsaw (vehicle)

The Ripsaw is a developmental unmanned light tank designed and built by Howe & Howe Technologies for evaluation by the United States Army.

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RS-24 Yars

The RS-24 Yars also known as RT-24 Yars or Topol'-MR (PC-24 «Ярс», NATO reporting name: SS-29 or SS-27 Mod 2) is a Russian MIRV-equipped, thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile first tested on May 29, 2007, after a secret military R&D project, to replace the older R-36 and UR-100N that have been in use for nearly 50 years.

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RT-2PM2 Topol-M

The RT-2PM2 «Topol-M» (РТ-2ПМ2 «Тополь-М», NATO reporting name: SS-27 "Sickle B", other designations: SS-27 Mod 1, RS-12M1, RS-12M2, formerly incorrectly RT-2UTTKh) is one of the most recent intercontinental ballistic missiles to be deployed by Russia (see RS-24), and the first to be developed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Russian Ground Forces

The Ground Forces of the Russian Federation (r) are the land forces of the Russian Armed Forces, formed from parts of the collapsing Soviet Army in 1992.

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Search and rescue

Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.

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Sensor

In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, or subsystem whose purpose is to detect events or changes in its environment and send the information to other electronics, frequently a computer processor.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

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Serbian Armed Forces

The Serbian Armed Forces (Војска Србије / Vojska Srbije) are the armed forces of Serbia.

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Shakey the robot

Shakey the robot was the first general-purpose mobile robot to be able to reason about its own actions.

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Snatch Land Rover

The Snatch Land Rover is a protected patrol vehicle based on the Land Rover Defender 110 chassis.

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Spirit (rover)

Spirit, also known as MER-A (Mars Exploration Rover – A) or MER-2, is a robotic rover on Mars, active from 2004 to 2010.

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Strategic Computing Initiative

The United States government's Strategic Computing Initiative funded research into advanced computer hardware and artificial intelligence from 1983 to 1993.

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Teleoperation

Teleoperation (or remote operation) indicates operation of a system or machine at a distance.

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Teletank

Teletanks were a series of wireless remotely controlled unmanned tanks produced in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and early 1940s so as to reduce combat risk to soldiers.

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UGV Interoperability Profile

UGV Interoperability Profile (UGV IOP), Robotics and Autonomous Systems – Ground IOP (RAS-G IOP) or simply IOP was originally an initiative started by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to organize and maintain open architecture interoperability standards for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV).

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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Unmanned aerial vehicle

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard.

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Unmanned ground vehicle Miloš

Unmanned ground vehicle Miloš, called Little Milosh, is an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) developed by the Military Technical Institute Belgrade, following the development of Unmanned ground vehicle Milica in 2009.

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Vehicle

A vehicle (from vehiculum) is a machine that transports people or cargo.

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VIPeR

VIPeR is a military robot developed by the Israeli company Elbit Systems and intended for use in warfare.

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VisLab

VisLab is an Italian company working on computer vision and environmental perception for vehicular applications.

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VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge

VIAC, the VisLab Intercontinental Autonomous Challenge, is the challenge conceived by VisLab as an extreme test of autonomous vehicles.

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Waypoint

A waypoint is an intermediate point or place on a route or line of travel, a stopping point or point at which course is changed, first use of the term tracing to 1880.

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Wheelbarrow (robot)

The Wheelbarrow is a remotely controlled robot designed in 1972 for use by British Army bomb disposal teams operating in Northern Ireland (321 EOD), mainland Britain (11 EOD Regiment) and Iraq.

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Winter War

The Winter War was a military conflict between the Soviet Union (USSR) and Finland.

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4D-RCS Reference Model Architecture

The 4D/RCS Reference Model Architecture is a reference model for military unmanned vehicles on how their software components should be identified and organized.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_ground_vehicle

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