{"id":10675,"date":"2022-08-19T09:17:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=10675"},"modified":"2022-08-19T09:17:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T12:17:15","slug":"diseno-de-vehiculos-autonomos-para-la-artilleria-del-us-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=10675","title":{"rendered":"Dise\u00f1o de veh\u00edculos aut\u00f3nomos para la artiller\u00eda del US Army"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disponer de un veh\u00edculo aut\u00f3nomo terrestre (UGV) lanzador m\u00faltiple de cohetes de artiller\u00eda (MLRS) es un objetivo del US Army, en el marco de su programa de Fuegos Precisos de Largo Alcance. Uno de sus proyectos es el \u201cAutonomous Multi Domain Launcher\u201d, desarrollado sobre la base del sistema en servicio HIMARS. El mismo fue adaptado y se realizaron modificaciones en su Hardware y Software, para que pueda ser controlado remotamente, pero que ejecute todos los movimientos y acciones propias del tiro de manera aut\u00f3noma. “El lanzador aut\u00f3nomo representa una mejora de modernizaci\u00f3n significativa y emocionante para el Ej\u00e9rcito”, dijo Christi Dolbeer, directora de la Direcci\u00f3n de Desarrollo de Tecnolog\u00eda del Centro de Misiles y Aviaci\u00f3n de DEVCOM. \u201cAgregar autonom\u00eda para impulsar lanzadores m\u00f3viles y aumentar la potencia de fuego representa una combinaci\u00f3n poderosa…\u201d<\/p>\n

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REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. \u2014 Imagine the possibilities of a self-driving vehicle on the battlefield.<\/p>\n

Engineers at the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center, or AvMC, don\u2019t have to imagine it, they are building it. The Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher takes a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System \u2014 or HIMARS \u2014 and modifies it with hardware and software to be controlled remotely and driven autonomously.<\/p>\n

\u201c[The Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher] represents a significant and exciting modernization improvement for the Army,\u201d said Christi Dolbeer, director of DEVCOM Aviation & Missile Center\u2019s Technology Development Directorate. \u201cAdding autonomy to drive mobile launchers and increasing the firing power of those launchers represents a powerful combination. I am very proud of the DEVCOM AvMC and DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center teams working together to give Soldiers even greater capabilities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While it resembles the self-driving cars in the news, the Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher \u2014 or AML \u2014 will have capabilities that those vehicles will never possess \u2014 but also challenges. Regular autonomous autos operate on established roadways, they aren\u2019t navigating a sometimes treacherous terrain. They also aren\u2019t being fired upon by enemy combatants. Then there is the matter of size.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are talking about putting a 36,000-pound vehicle in an area where there will be humans running around,\u201d said Lucas Hunter, AML project manager for AvMC. \u201cTesla and other companies are working on vehicles that can sense cars in front of them and behind them; they have these nice stripes on the road that tell it, \u2018I am getting out of my lane.\u2019 Well, we are driving through open country, we don\u2019t have stripes \u2014 we have holes, we have cliffs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AML in its current incarnation will look notably different than the final system as the existing cab will eventually be eliminated from the vehicle. Later iterations will also boast a new launcher and increased firing power.<\/p>\n

AML was conceptualized as a tool to increase mass fires and \u201cthicken the force,\u201d but what exactly does that translate to in theater?<\/p>\n

\u201cAML applies a wingman concept to the Soldiers we already have on the battlefield,\u201d Hunter said. \u201cThat spreads out capabilities. So more targets have to be addressed by the enemy. At the same time, it increases the number of rounds that our Soldiers have available which keeps them in the fight longer. With HIMARS, once they fire their six rounds, they have to reload. If you add 12 more, now they are able to support frontline troops three times as long.\u201d<\/p>\n

How this new capability will be utilized is currently being explored by the Fires Center of Excellence and the Strategic and Operational Rockets and Missiles Office. Concept testing was conducted in 2021 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to demonstrate how the wingman concept might look, emulating a mission with the Precision Strike Missile \u2014 the missile being part of the Army\u2019s Long-Range Precision Fire cross-functional initiative and also in the AvMC portfolio.<\/p>\n

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For Hunter, AML marks not just a landmark paradigm shift for Army battlefield technology, but for the world of robotics itself. With the strides already made in breaking the manual chain and developing the robotic applique kit, it is easy to forget that AML has only been in existence since February 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are all kinds of situational awareness challenges that the robotics industry is just now starting to look at,\u201d Hunter said. \u201cAML, which will be called HIMARS Increment 2, has to be able to travel wherever it is told to travel. It has to be able to tell, \u2018Hey, there is a cliff right here.\u2019 It has to be able to recognize whatever terrain it is on.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a career field in robotics \u2014 how to enhance that situation awareness and do so in passive manners. We need sensors that collect situational awareness data without emitting detectable energy like light or sound. Because you don\u2019t want this to light up like a Christmas tree when the enemy is looking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fuente: <\/strong>https:\/\/www.army.mil<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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