Yuba Lake, Utah
Unmanned Surface Vessel Test, November 2007

Kairos Autonomi installed a Pronto4 system on a boat and then performed testing on Yuba Lake in Utah.

Two types of testing were performed: a high-speed test on a looped course, and a lower-speed course on a figure-eight course.

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High-Speed Course
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Lower-Speed Course
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Near Grantsville, Utah
Remote Test Course, 2005 to Present

Kairos Autonomi uses the Bonneville Seabase for remote testing. Located west of Salt Lake City and south of the Great Salt Lake, this course is ideal for endurance and speed testing because of its remote location. The surface is a dry lake bed and the total testing area covers up to 12 square miles.

Recently, Kairos Autonomi performed a 4 hour semi-autonomous endurance test for a customer at this site.

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St. Inigoes, Maryland
AUVSI Air/Ground Demo Day, Aug. 6, 2007

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Kairos Autonomi performed an autonomous demonstration at Webster Field with the Pronto4 system agnostic to its commercial HMMWV. In the mock scenario, a Marine platoon requested a breach kit in order to enter an urban area and root out enemy combatants. The HMMWV drove an a course autonomously and provided video feedback to spectators.

Kairos Autonomi was one of a handful of companies to showcase UGV technology. A number of UAVs, including the Global Hawk and Fire Scout, also participated in the demonstration.

Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland
Customer Demonstration, August 2007

This course is located within the Patuxent River Naval Air Station. Kairos Autonomi was taken to the NAS's antenna farm, a large area when the HMMWV was able to drive out on a longer course and come back.

Huntsville, Alabama
Long Distance Demonstration , August 2007

Kairos Autonomi performed this drive on the Harris farm in Hunstville, Alabama. The objective was to create a long distance course for the HMMWV to drive autonomously, and the drive included challenges such as a bridge, multiple sharp turns and curves in the road.

Panama City, Florida
Demonstration at Tyndall AFB, August 2007

The HMMWV performed an autonomous drive for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at its Large Robot Test Facility.

The autonomous vehicle path included two figure eights joined in the middle.

Hunstville, Alabama
Demonstration for Robotic Systems Joint Program Office (RS JPO), August 2007

Kairos Autonomi performed an autonomous vehicle demonstration with the HMMWV. We rolled the vehicle off the trailer, set up the course, and drove within minutes.

Near Tallahassee, Florida
Takach Compound, August 2007

A simple drive in a heavily wooded area.

Aberdeen Test Center, Maryland
Robotic Vehicle Test Course, August 2007

This is the first of two courses at Aberdeen Test Center where the HMMWV performed autonomous demonstrations.

Aberdeen Test Center, Maryland
Munson Test Course, August 2007

This is the second of two courses at Aberdeen Test Center where the HMMWV performed autonomous demonstrations. This course is much longer than the first course.

Salt Lake City, Utah
Urban Test Course, Fall 2006 to Present

This test course has been designed to simulate urban roads. It includes stop bars and stop signs, four way stops, railroad crossings, stop lights, four lane roads, one way roads, and various types of parking.

Kairos Autonomi has performed a number of tests at this course, including obstacle avoidance, four way stop precedence, braking distance, speed control and endurance.