Sanswire was exhibiting at the Unmanned Systems Capabilities Conference in mid-December (my bold):
Unmanned Systems Capabilities Conference II December 13 - 14, 2005 San Diego, CA PROCEEDINGS The 2nd annual Unmanned Systems Capabilities Conference (USCC) was held at the Town and Country Hotel & Resort in San Diego, CA. The meeting was called to order at 9:00am on Tuesday, December 13 and adjourned at 4:30pm on Wednesday, December 14, 2005. Administrative comments were made by Mr. Jeff Kotora. The official welcome was given by Mr. Cliff Hudson, Joint Robotics Program (JRP) and Mr. Mark Asselin, Technical Support Working Group (TSWG). The meeting agenda is provided at TAB A, and the attendee list at TAB B. BRIEFINGS Day 1 HQ Air Combat Command, Langly AFB, VA: CMSgt Jim Petree provided a briefing titled AF EOD Robotics and ECM Challenges. His briefing can be found at TAB C. National Bomb Squad Commanders Advisory Board Mr. David Heaven and LT Jeff Fuller provided a briefing titled Requirements for Bomb Squad Robots. Their briefing is located at TAB D. US Army Maneuver Support Center, Ft. Leonard Wood MO: Mr. Dave Knichel provided a briefing titled Autonomous Robotic Countermine Experiment Results. His briefing is located at TAB E. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD: Ms. Elena Messina provided a briefing titled NIST Autonomous Vehicles Research and Performance Evaluation. Ms. Messina’s briefing can be found at TAB F. Research, Development & Engineering Command – Simulation & Training Technology Center, Orlando, FL: Dr. Amos Freedy presented a briefing titled A Mixed Initiative Team Performance Assessment System For use In Training And operational Environments. His briefing can be found at TAB G. Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Indianhead, MD: TSgt Steven Coppock provided a briefing titled Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal. His briefing can be found at TAB H. Tucson Police Department, Tucson AZ: Mr. Peter Buchanan provided a briefing titled Robotics and Tactical Operations. His briefing is located at TAB I.
US Army Maneuver Support Futures Center, Ft Leonard Wood, MO: MAJ Scott Werkmeister provided a briefing titled Fido/Packbot Military Users Assessment. His briefing can be found at TAB J. Technical Support Working group (TSWG), Arlington, VA: Mr. Bruno Eddy provided a briefing titled Next Generation RCV Operational Analysis. His briefing can be found at TAB K. Blitz Solutions, Inc: Mr. John Blitch provided a briefing titled Robot Assisted Crisis Assessment in New Orleans. His briefing is not available.
Exhibits Throughout both days, conference attendees were able to gain valuable knowledge from exhibits presented by a wide variety of companies. Companies represented were: AEA Technology Engineering Services, Inc Allen-Vanguard Applied Research Associates, Inc. Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Autonomous Solutions, Inc. Battelle CornerTurn LLC Eclypse International Corporation Foster-Miller iRobot Corporation Kuchera Defense Systems MAGNAPhone Defense Systems & Electronics Mesa Robotics, Inc. Nomadics, Inc. Prizm Advanced Communications Electronics, Inc. Remotec Roper Resources LTD San Diego State University (SDSU) Sanswire Networks LLC Space & naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR) San Diego Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) Telerob GMBH The West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation (WVHTCF) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (JOUSTER) WM Robots LLC BRIEFINGS
Day 2
University of South Florida: Dr. Robin Murphy provided a briefing titled Requirements for Search and Rescue Robots. Her briefing is located at TAB L. Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), Warren, MI: Mr. Bob Watts provided a briefing titled Inspiring Joint Robotic Programs. His briefing can be found at TAB M. Texas A&M University: Ms. Christina Robertson provided a briefing titled the SAVER Program. Her briefing is at TAB N. Carnegie Mellon University: Dr. John Dolan provided a briefing titled Human Telesupervision of Multirobot Teams. His briefing can be found at TAB O. Explosive Ordnance Disposal/Low Intensity Conflict program (EOD/LIC), Arlington, VA: Mr. Neil Smith provided a briefing titled EOD/LIC Enhancements. His briefing can be found at TAB P. US Army Medical Research and Material Command TATRC, Ft Detrick, MD: Dr. Gary Gilbert provided a briefing titled Robotic Combat Casualty Care, Extraction and Evacuation S&T Programs. His briefing can be found at TAB Q. US Army Maneuver Support Center, Ft. Leonard Wood MO: SFC Christopher Jones provided a briefing titled National Unmanned Systems Experimentation Environment (NUSE2). His briefing can be found at TAB R. Santa Ana Fire Department, Santa Ana, CA: Mr. Jim Melton provided a briefing titled Hazardous Materials Robot. His briefing is at TAB S. Penn State University: Mr. Ed Crow provided a briefing titled COTS Game-Based Operator Interface Unit for UGVs and Payloads. His briefing is located at TAB T. Virginia Tech University: Dr. Andrew Kurdilla provided a briefing titled Joint Unmanned Systems Test, Experimentation & Research (JOUSTER) Status and Future Plans. His briefing is at TAB U. Joint Robotics Program, Arlington, VA: Dr. Robert Finkelstein provided a briefing titled Intelligent Vehicle Technology Transfer. His briefing is at TAB V. Industry Panel: The conference was closed by having an Industry Panel expressing their needs from a user community as well as answering questions from the audience. The panel was made up by: Mr. Mack Barber – Remotec Mr. George Bustilloz – WVHTCF Mr. Joe Dyer – iRobot Mr. Don Jones – Mesa Robotics Mr. Tom Morehead – Allen-Vanguard Mr. Bob Quinn – Foster-Miller Their briefing can be found at TAB W.
NEXT MEETING The next JRP Working Group is scheduled for June 6-7, 2006 in Detroit MI. The next Unmanned Systems Capabilities Conference will be held in Dec 06 in Huntsville, AL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Mr. Cliff Hudson, JRP, and Mr. Mark Asselin, TSWG, closed the meeting by expressing their appreciation to the planners and exhibitors. The joint effort of the conference was very successful. ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 4:30pm.
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