Abstract
As many more nations actively transition their mine countermeasures (MCM) capability towards autonomous systems, the NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) continues to research the utilisation of robotics in the minefield to deliver doctrinally relevant autonomy and on-board intelligence with a view to deliver a NATO capability. This review paper will present an overview of the CMRE approach to autonomous mine countermeasures. In particular, this paper will highlight the development of specific enabling technologies regarding sensors, automatic target recognition, autonomy, and in situ planning and evaluation. These specialised and multi-disciplinary activities are brought together into a system-of-systems approach, which will enable future war fighting capability to adapt to mission specifics and environmental conditions. With a system-of-systems concept come additional particularities and difficulties such as passing target location and its accuracy from one vehicle to another, collaborative autonomy, interoperability and the performance evaluation of a set of heterogeneous vehicles.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 975-986 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Underwater Acoustic Conference and Exhibition Series |
| State | Published - 2019 |
| Event | 5th Underwater Acoustics Conference and Exhibition, UACE 2019 - Hersonissos, Greece Duration: Jun 30 2019 → Jul 5 2019 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Geophysics
- Oceanography
- Environmental Engineering
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics