The development of a European unmanned ground system (UGS) as part of the European PESCO project "Integrated Modular Unmanned Ground System" (iMUGS) has reached its preliminary conclusion with the presentation of the results in San Juan del Viso near Madrid. The event was organized by the Spanish project partners GMV and Escribano.
According to GMV's description, the focus was on the implementation of unmanned systems on the battlefield and their use in swarm operations. The demonstration used two THeMIS UGVs manufactured by Milrem Robotics and modified by other companies involved in the project. These vehicles have been designed with autonomous capabilities, both individually (a UGV can be given an order and execute it in isolation and without operator intervention) and as a swarm (several UGVs can be combined as a single team and tasked with an order, where they manage themselves to achieve the goal).
On an individual level, the “follow me” mode, autonomous surveillance mission, autonomous movement with obstacle avoidance and autonomous care were successfully demonstrated.
As a swarm operation, the working groups with the autonomous systems presented surveillance missions, a replenishment mission and the resumption of a surveillance mission.
Während 30 Monaten hatten 13 Unternehmen aus sieben EU-Ländern unter Leitung des estnischen Unternehmens Milrem Robotics das Zusammenwirken von unbemannten und bemannten Boden- und Luftfahrzeugen weiterentwickelt. Die EU hat das Projekt mit 32,6 Millionen Euro gefördert.
The main objective of this project is to improve the defense capabilities and strategic autonomy of the European Union. The aim is to develop a European Unmanned Ground System (UGS) by integrating robotic systems with the manned technology that European armed forces already have.
At a technical level, according to GMV, the iMUGS project consisted in the development of a scalable architecture and design suitable for application in manned and unmanned ground and air vehicles. The aim is to standardize the European systems and the subsystems they use for control, communication, sensors, payload management and autonomy algorithms.
Whether there will be a continuation of the project as iMUGS2, as desired by the industry, has not yet been decided.
Editors / gwh
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