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100 1 _aFinn, Anthony.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDevelopments and Challenges for Autonomous Unmanned Vehicles
_h[electronic resource] :
_bA Compendium /
_cby Anthony Finn, Steve Scheding.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg,
_c2010.
300 _aApprox. 230 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aIntelligent Systems Reference Library,
_x1868-4394 ;
_v3
505 0 _aBackground -- Autonomous UVS -- UVS Technology Issues -- Force-Integration of UVS -- Legal Issues for UVS.
520 _aIt is widely anticipated that autonomous vehicles will have a transformational impact on military forces and will play a key role in many future force structures. As a result, many tasks have already been identified that unmanned systems could undertake more readily than humans. However, for this to occur, such systems will need to be agile, versatile, persistent, reliable, survivable and lethal. This will require many of the vehicles ‘cognitive’ or higher order functions to be more fully developed, whereas to date only the ‘component’ or physical functions have been successfully automated and deployed. The book draws upon a broad range of others’ work with a view to providing a product that is greater than the sum of its parts. The discussion is intentionally approached from the perspective of improving understanding rather than providing solutions or drawing firm conclusions. Consequently, researchers reading this book with the hope of uncovering some novel theory or approach to automating an unmanned vehicle will be as disappointed as the capability planner who anticipates a catalogue of technical risks and feasibility options against his favoured list of component technologies and potential applications. Nevertheless, it is hoped that both will at least learn something of the other’s world and that progress will ensue as a result. For the defence policy and decision maker, this is a "must-read" book which brings together an important technology summary with a considered analysis of future doctrinal, legal and ethical issues in unmanned and autonomous systems. For research engineers and developers of robotics, this book provides a unique perspective on the implications and consequences of our craft; connecting what we do to the deployment and use of the technology in current and future defence systems. Professor Hugh Durrant-Whyte
650 0 _aEngineering.
650 0 _aArtificial intelligence.
650 1 4 _aEngineering.
650 2 4 _aComputational Intelligence.
650 2 4 _aRobotics and Automation.
650 2 4 _aArtificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
700 1 _aScheding, Steve.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642107030
830 0 _aIntelligent Systems Reference Library,
_x1868-4394 ;
_v3
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10704-7
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