CCUVS Tests Groundbreaking Technology
Published on June 2, 2010
June 2, 2010, Medicine Hat, Alberta… Using a ground vehicle testbed to identify and describe the necessary building blocks for the integration of robotic systems, the Canadian Center for Unmanned Vehicle Systems, conducted a set of successful field trials on May 17th, north of the town of Manyberries and west of the Cypress Hills capitalizing on a variety of terrain. With the objective to research, develop and identify sets of hardware devices and components that integrate together to form a working system, for a specific application or set of applications, the CCUVS is developing the Robotic Application Development Infrastructure (RADI) report, aimed at facilitating entry of new players into the ground robotic market.
“One of the main challenges confronting a person wanting to enter the unmanned systems sector initially, is to identify which platforms, devices, software, protocols and standards are able to function correctly and simultaneously, to enable successful navigation of the platform and to support the range of user applications and functionality,” said Fady Khaled, Chief Technology Officer for Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems.
“From our point of view this is our investment to facilitate the growth of the market. The overall commercial success of the report will depend on how many people use it to create new systems.” said Dewar Donnithorne-Tait, CEO for the Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems.
Testbeds are used extensively in research and development for proof of principal and demonstration of technology, in and out of laboratories. Unique and subject to constant reconfiguration and technology insertion, this trial enabled CCUVS to successfully test the integration of the systems and the communications between the robots and the control station. The robotic system will now be moved to another platform focused on demonstrating its portability. The RADI report is scheduled to be published later in the summer. For more information on this groundbreaking technology or the RADI report contact Fady Khaled at 403-488-7208.