This paper describes a project concerned with the development of a mission planning system to provide automated planning assistance for the Air Force TechSat 21 formation-flying satellite cluster experiment: Spacecraft Cluster Automatic Planner/Scheduler (SpaceCAPS). The project’s focus is on planning and scheduling for payload management, but the system serves as a central planning system for ...

“occupy wall street” movement which has aimed the heart of the global financial capitalist system enjoys a special significance in the perspective of social-economic- political, human rights (work force), moral and cultural heritage of nations and can be considered as a symbol of work force economic jihad in national and global level in order to realize justice and socio-economic equality. but ...

Abstract Over the past decades, robots have been extensively deployed in multiple industries. More recently, industrial taken out of their cages, being more present dynamic, uncertain environments interacting vicinity humans. Traditionally, mainly developed to perform pre-programmed tasks. However, some tasks are too complex or expensive be performed by a robotic system alone. One these hard is...

Infants understand that people act in order to achieve their goals, but how can they tell what goals people find worthwhile? Here, we explore the thesis that human infants solve this problem by building a mental model of action planning, taking into account the costs of acting and the rewards actions bring. Consistent with this thesis, we found that 10-month-old infants, after viewing an agent ...

Future planetary exploration missions will require rovers to perform difficult tasks in rough terrain, with limited human supervision. Many current motion planning and control algorithms do not consider the physical characteristics of the rover and its environment, which limits their effectiveness in rough terrain. This paper presents an overview of physics-based rover and terrain modeling tech...

NATO’s Research and Technology Organization (RTO) Systems, Analysis, Studies Task Force (SAS-074) is currently developing a process to increase the utilization of human and social-science based Theories, Models and Methods (TM&Ms) by planners and operational researchers in support of these operations. The paper outlines the approach the group is taking. A two-stage process has been developed wh...

Human-system interface technology deals with the interfaces between humans and the other system components, including hardware, software, environments, jobs, and organizational structures and processes. Like the technology of other design-related disciplines, it includes specifications, guidelines, methods, and tools. As noted by the Strategic Planning Task Force, we use our discipline’s techno...

Human robot co-operation is a challenging topic, especially more complex co-operation patterns which do not just involve reactive force control. Our research comprises human robot co-operation between a humanoid household robot and a human partner working together in a kitchen. It is embedded in the collaborative research centre SFB 588, “Humanoid Robots – Learning and Cooperating Multimodal Ro...

Today‟s complex military endeavours require collaborative planning in a multi-agency context. Collaborative games are useful tools for experimenting with such planning. The “ISLAND MISSION” game, previously presented at SimTecT 2007 as a board game, is one such tool. “ISLAND MISSION” is based on a peace enforcement/humanitarian relief scenario, and players take the role of representatives of Ar...