Autonomous Robots for Mountainous Terrain
How the Vision 60 was used for perimeter security at an Air Force base that had challenging terrain.
Introduction
The Challenges
The AFB flight line perimeter has hilly terrain that is difficult for an Airmen to patrol on foot or traverse by vehicle.
- An Airmen can fall and get injured on patrol, reducing readiness.
- A roll-over in any of these areas could also cause serious injury, or death.
- Past incidents also resulted in expensive vehicle damages.
Units Deployed Globally
Units Deployed Globally
Solution
Our Approach
Ghost Robotics proposed using quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle (Q-UGV) robots to patrol the steep, inhospitable, and dangerous terrain surrounding the AFB in order to secure the flightline and preserve readiness by preventing injuries to personnel and damages to vehicles.
Results
The Results
- Reduced the # of Defenders performing perimeter patrols from 3 per day to zero, resulting in 63 hours back to the AFB each month.
- Increased the amount of perimeter patrolled by 4 miles - approximately 4 miles of the 13 mile perimeter is not patrolled due to hazardous terrain.
- Created an autonomous patrol robot that can negotiate terrain.
