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Background on the “Roadmap for Intelligent Systems in Aerospace”

Presented at the Intelligent Systems Roadmap Workshop

Chris Tschan

Elad Kivelevitch

Adnan Yucel

August 8, 2014

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The Good – Improving Library of Intellectual and Guidance Docs

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The Bad & the Ugly – Mass Media Spin on Automation/Autonomy

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Who’s Heard of the DARPA Robotics Challenge?

http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2013/12/26.aspx

After two days of competition, DARPA selected eight teams to receive up to $1 million in funding to continue their work. The scores, out of a total of 32 points, were:

1. 27 points: SCHAFT (SCHAFT, Inc., Tokyo, Japan)

2. 20 points: IHMC Robotics (Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition, Pensacola, Fla.)

3. 18 points: Tartan Rescue (Carnegie Mellon University, National Robotics Engineering Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.)

4. 16 points: Team MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Boston, Mass.)

5. 14 points: RoboSimian (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Los Angeles, Calif.)

6. 11 points: Team TRACLabs (TRACLabs, Inc., Webster, Tex.)

7. 11 points: WPI Robotics Engineering C-Squad (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass.)

8. 9 points: Team Trooper (Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories, Cherry Hill, N.J.)

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What Happened to the DARPA Robotics Challenge Winner?

http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/schaft-robot-company-bought-by-google-darpa-robotics-challenge-winner

Who Is SCHAFT, the Robot Company Bought by Google and Winner of the DRC?

By Erico Guizzo and Evan Ackerman Posted 6 Feb 2014 | 17:22 GMT

The DARPA Robotics Challenge held its inaugural competition last December, and by most accounts (including ours), it was a success. … Overall, it was a big win for DARPA and for robotics as a whole, but without question, the biggest winner of all was SCHAFT, the Japanese company that utterly dominated the competition and that had been acquired by Google just months earlier. SCHAFT put on a nearly flawless performance, ending at the top spot with the most points and, we guess, leaving Andy Rubin (the Google executive leading its robotics program) with a big smile on his face. It also left many observers curious to learn more about the company, its origins, and its robot. So who is SCHAFT?

According to a story in Popular Science, Google is supposedly planning to withdraw SCHAFT from the DRC Finals. The reasons were unclear, but apparently Google wants to avoid financial ties to DARPA and the U.S. military 5

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Is the DARPA Robotics Challenge Related to Intelligent Systems?

1. Why shouldn’t there be a corresponding DARPA Intelligent Systems Challenge?

2. Once you move into the realm of an event like a DARPA challenge, interest and support open up

3. Perhaps we want a diverse technology base for intelligent systems, with not all the winners being bought by Google

4. Where do ideas like having a DARPA Intelligent Systems Challenge come from?

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Background on the Roadmap

Roadmap Committee established about a year ago• At Infotech@Aerospace 2013

Roadmap Committee Membership• Ella Atkins• Christine Belcastro• David Casbeer• Kelly Cohen• Elad Kivelevitch• Nhan Nguyen• Corey Schumacher• Chris Tschan• Paul Zetocha• Adnan Yucel

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Motivation for a Roadmap

Need to move the ball down the field• The time is right for a breakthrough in intelligent systems• Focuses ISTC on a central product that represents where we

believe Intelligent Systems should/could be going• Helps ISTC members understand and collaborate• Gets AIAA leadership’s attention• Help larger AIAA membership understand what intelligent

systems contribute• Get attention outside of AIAA• Focus resources for intelligent system development

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Roadmap Committee Activities

• Discuss technology, formulate ideas• Collaborate via technical backplane• Organize thoughts• Write vignettes• Draft the roadmap• Updates TC members at ISTC meetings• Hold Intelligent Systems Roadmap Workshop

About 4 months ago, shifted attention primarily to this workshop

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Vision Areas to Covered in the Intelligent Systems Roadmap

1. Safety

2. Reduction of aerospace system platform costs

3. Reduction of aerospace system operating costs

4. Air traffic control and airspace management

5. Unmanned aerial vehicles uses in civilian applications

6. Space exploration, exploitation and colonization

7. Training

8. Academic research

9. Education

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Breakout Sessions

• Autonomy

• Adaptive and Non-Deterministic Systems

• Applications - Air Traffic Management and UAS Integration

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Topics to Address in the Breakout Sessions

• What are the Technical Challenges?• What are the Research Gaps?• How should we overcome roadblocks?• What actions should be taken?

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Summary

• We welcome your participation• We need your intellectual DNA• We need you to be focused…to help us

succeed• This workshop may become a recurring event• Please enjoy the workshop and provide

feedback on what we can do to improve it

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Agenda - Intelligent Systems Roadmap Workshop

Day 1 0800-0830 Registration0830-0845 Opening Remark - Workshop Chair0845-0945 Plenary - Ms. Kris Kearns0945-1045 Intelligent Systems Roadmap Presentation

Roadmap BackgroundIntroduction for Breakout Sessions

AutonomyAdaptive and Non-Deterministic SystemsApplications - Air Traffic Management and UAS Integration

1045-1100 Coffee Break1100-1200 Breakout meetings - Vision for Intelligent Systems1200-1330 Lunch

Plenary - Dr. Kevin Wise

1330-1500 Breakout Sessions - Technical Challenges for Implementation1500-1515 Coffee Break1515-1640 Breakout meetings - Technical Approaches to Address Challenges/Roadblocks1640-1700 Closing Remark & Logistics for the next dayEvening ISTC meeting 14

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Agenda - Intelligent Systems Roadmap Workshop

Day 2 · 0830-0930 Plenary - Dr. Kalmanje Krishnakumar · 0930-0945 Coffee Break · 0945-1200 Discussion of Intelligent Systems Roadmap - "Where will Intelligent Systems be in 5, 10, 20 years?" · 1200-1215 Workshop Summary and Closing Remark - Workshop Chair · Afternoon tour of Air Force Museum

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