ROBOT VENTURE INITIATIVES A Proposal（一）.pptVIP

ROBOT VENTURE INITIATIVESA Proposal Dr. William Grossmann NIA August 21, 2007 * Content Workshops MDA  CATENA Workshops on certification and air/ground/sea-worthiness for UAVs, UGVs, USV and UUVs. This workshop would present the current state of thinking and progress in certification and operational worthiness across all areas of unmanned vehicles (UVs) presented by leaders in the various areas. The workshop would illustrate the similarities and disparities among the various UVs, would attempt to collect the lessons learned, would produce a comprehensive overview of the current status. Looking forward, the information and data collected during the workshop could become the foundation of short courses and/or certificate programs (certified by one of the local universities) in UV science and technology or other UV issues such as legislation, regulations, etc. As an idea of the types of issues that could be central themes, the following paragraphs are taken from introductory remarks made at a 2006 workshop hosted and managed by the NIA for NAVAIR concerning the Tri-Service Joint IPT on UAV Airworthiness. The excerpts describe topics deemed appropriate for academic involvement and support. Workshops Workshops “- Improving UAS Airworthiness through Updating Airworthiness Policy for Level 2 UAS” Level 2 UAS make up a broad category of systems intended for operation primarily in restricted airspace or combat that are either too big to be considered a “small UAV” (Level 3) and not reliable to manned standards (Level 1). Examples of these systems include Shadow, Pioneer, Altus, Predator-A, Hunter, and Firescout-A. What key variables should be used to determine what levels of standards and verification methods need to be applied for airworthiness? For example, below a certain weight or reliability level, could certain tests be foregone in favor of analysis? Workshops “Improving UAS Airworthiness through Environmental Robustness