Team 1: Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles (SUGV): Contribution to Small Combat Unit Combat Effectiveness
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Geren, Richard
Richkowski, David
Foo, Kong Pin
McDonald, Mary
Pearman, Jerry
Donnelly, Thomas
Vance, Richard
Kiesling, Tobias
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2008-04
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April 2008
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As part of the Army’s current transformation, robots are
being integrated into force structure to reduce human risk.
These mechanical “battle buddies” are being used for a
myriad of tasks; however, there are currently no established
standards for measuring and evaluating their contribution to
force combat effectiveness. This research attempts to
establish some metrics using essential elements of analysis
(EEA), a SUGV functional decomposition hierarchy,
Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) and Measures of
Performance (MOPs). Using these metrics, we will
determine if the increased situational awareness provided by
SUGVs and attached sensors improves combat effectiveness
and mission accomplishment. The primary SUGV functional
capabilities (Figure 1) modeled were Gain Information
(detect/identify agents), Move (speed), Survive
(vulnerability), and Employ Effects (sensor ranges). The
MOEs measured were the number of friendly forces killed
(separating SUGVs and Soldiers), the number of enemy
forces killed, and the overall combat effectiveness of the
Small Combat Unit (SCU). Pythagoras, an agent-based
modeling program was used to develop the simulation. The
scenario was based on a dismounted infantry platoon
conducting building clearing operations as part of a larger
company level cordon and search mission in an urban
environment. For comparison, excursions either included
one SUGV or none. It is our hope that results obtained will
be beneficial to the U.S. armed forces for subsequent research
or implementation into any military tactics, techniques, or
procedures (TTPs) involving our new “battle buddies”.
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from Scythe : Proceedings and Bulletin of the International Data Farming Community, Issue 4 Workshop 16
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