Accession Number:

AD1003101

Title:

A Coordinated Control Architecture for Disaster Response Robots

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report,01 Sep 2012,31 Aug 2015

Corporate Author:

TRACLabs, Inc. San Antonio United States

Personal Author(s):

• Burridge,Robert R.
• Khokar,Karan
• Beeson,Patrick
• Kramer,James
• Chu,Mars
• Weng,Frank
• Gee,Seth
• James,Joshua
• Platt,Robert
• Hart,Stephen
• Rynderman,Mordechai
• Huber,Eric

Report Date:

2016-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

94.0

Abstract:

Team TRACLabs participated in the DARPA Robotics Challenge as a Track B team developing software only. Keeping the human operator in the loop as much as possible, and using off-the-shelf components as a foundation, TRACLabs wrote software for robot control, network management, and the operator control station. In the Virtual Robotics Challenge, Team TRACLabs placed fourth of 22 teams, earning the use of an Atlas hydraulic humanoid for the rest of the competition. In the DRC Trials, Team TRACLabs placed sixth of 16 teams, earning additional funding through the Finals. In the DRC Finals, Team TRACLabs placed ninth of 23 teams. In this report, the competitions are described, along with details on Team TRACLabs methods and results.

Descriptors:

• ROBOTS

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE