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Development of a Concept for Swarmed mini-UAVs for Automatic Target Recognition
Title: Director of Systems Engineering
Phone: (304) 599-4255
Email: jmoody@augustasystems.com
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Phone: (304) 599-3200
Email: patesposito@augustasystems.com
Contact: Alan Martin
Address:
Phone: (304) 293-7398
Type: Nonprofit College or University
The objective of this project is to develop algorithms controlling the high level flight pattern of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) utilizing swarming technology in a manner to maximize Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) performance for a selected algorithm through cooperative search operations involving a larger number of inexpensive UAVs. Based upon the success and results of the Phase I work, this will be accomplished through the selection of a suitable ATR algorithm and sensor, modeling of the ATR algorithm and sensor performance, development of reactive agents to support appropriate, cooperative, swarming behaviors, development and application of optimization techniques for the reactive agent parameters, and ground truth verification of overall system performance.
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