EDA hosted the final meeting of the R&T project Networked Multi-Robot Systems (NM-RS) on July 13, 2010.
This project aims at demonstrating via simulation the benefits of a networked multi-robot system which performs autonomously coordinated operations. It considers especially guidance, navigation, control and multi-robot coordination, sensor systems, communication, and human-machine and command & control interface aspects.
This successful project involves government and industry experts from Germany, Belgium, Italy and Spain, and it is supported financially by the Ministries of Defence of these four countries. The 3 year project is managed by a consortium led by Diehl DGT Defence, and which is additionally made up by Fraunhofer FKIE, SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas, DISAM-UPM Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Oto Melara, Centro Stefanini - Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Celin Avio and the Belgium Royal Military Academy.
EDA premises were adapted to accommodate rows of posters and a wall of monitors to provide a full overview of the robots’ behaviour. NM-RS is also a special project for the EDA as it is the first R&T project funded by the Member States contracted within the Agency’s framework in June, 2007. A follow-up to this simulation project is foreseen with the aim to demonstrate the real robots’ behaviour in the field.
A public Executive Summary will be available shortly.