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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
Brent D. Appleby, Holliston, MA (US);
Jerry L. Franke, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Stephen M. Jameson, Wilmington, DE (US);
Adam Jung, Owego, NY (US);
Robert J. Szczerba, Endicott, NY (US);
Joel J. Tleon, Endicott, NY (US);
Brent D. Appleby, Holliston, MA (US);
Jerry L. Franke, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Stephen M. Jameson, Wilmington, DE (US);
Adam Jung, Owego, NY (US);
Robert J. Szczerba, Endicott, NY (US);
Joel J. Tleon, Endicott, NY (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A system collaboratively and autonomously plans and controls a team of unmanned vehicles within an environment. A mission planning component creates a mission plan for a plurality of members of the team of unmanned vehicles. The mission planning component creates a task plan for each member based on the mission plan. A collaboration component assigns members to the team and roles for the assigned members. The collaboration component updates membership and roles of the members based on the changing situation of the environment. A situational awareness component evaluates the changing situation of the environment based on information from the assigned members of the team. A contingency management component monitors the changing situation of the environment. The contingency management component monitors changes of capabilities of the assigned members of the team and execution of the mission plan and task plans. The contingency management component determines whether to update any of the group consisting of the mission plan and the task plans. A vehicle management component controls movement of each assigned member based on the task plan of each assigned member.