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Hierarchically Controlled Autonomous Robot for Heavy Payload Military Field Applications

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Author(s)

H Mccain, R Kilmer, Sandor S. Szabo, A Abrishamian

Abstract

The U.S. Army Human Engineering Laboratory, with assistance from the National Bureau of Standards, Robot System Division, is developing a heavy-lift pallet handling robotic system designated as the Field Material-Handling Robot (FMR). The initial demonstration of the FMR will be the sensor-driven autonomous acquisition and high speed manipulation of pallets of artillery ammunition. This paper describes the FMR research and development project with emphasis on the robot control architecture and the sensor-driven autonomous operational capabilities.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems
Conference Dates
December 1, 1986
Conference Location
Amsterdam, 1, NL
Conference Title
International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems
Pub Type
Conferences

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Keywords

Control, Unmanned Vehicles

Citation

Mccain, H. , Kilmer, R. , Szabo, S. and Abrishamian, A. (1986), Hierarchically Controlled Autonomous Robot for Heavy Payload Military Field Applications, Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, Amsterdam, 1, NL, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=820330 (Accessed October 20, 2025)

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Created November 30, 1986, Updated October 12, 2021
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