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Autonomous Technologies
Kairos Autonomi has developed the following technologies for various contracts:

• TrackBox™ Mobile Deployment Carrier, September 2009
  • The latest product from Kairos Autonomi allows for the remote deployment of a PackBot®, enabling the remote operator to not be exposed to dangerous situations. For more information visit the TrackBox page at http://www.kairosautonomi.com/TrackBox.html.
  • Windows Media:
    + TrackBox, Large, (640 x 480, 14 mb)
    + TrackBox, Medium, (384 x 288, 7 mb)

• PRONTO4 SYSTEM CAPABILITIES, August 2009
  • See the Pronto4 in action in a variety of applications and configurations.
  • Windows Media:
    + Pronto4 Capabilities, Large, (640 x 480, 52 mb)
    

• FALLON MLT DROP, NAS Fallon Training Range, January 2009
  • As part of a CRADA, Kairos Autonomi supplied the U.S. Navy with a moving land target powered by the Pronto4 Agnostic Autonomy System. At NAS Fallon, the MLT autonomously pathed a north/south course on a mock gravel runway at 35 mph. The Navy dropped a number of inert, Enhance Laser Guided Training Rounds (ELGTRs) at the Kairos MLT during live strike training.

• Windows Media:
  + Fallon MLT Drop, Large, (640 x 480, 14.5 mb)
  + Fallon MLT Drop, Medium (384 x 288, 13 mb)
  + Fallon MLT Drop, Large (640 x 480, 58 mb HIGH QUALITY)
• Italian Version :
  + Fallon MLT Drop (ITALIAN), Large, (640 x 480, 15 mb)
  + Fallon MLT Drop (ITALIAN), Large (640 x 480, 62 mb HIGH QUALITY)
• Hebrew Version:
  + Fallon MLT Drop (HEBREW), Large, (640 x 480, 15 mb)
  

• Additional Drop Details:
  • The exercise was performed without any infrastructure improvements. Only a single, low availability radio link was required to provide safety functions as well as course cycling.  Course development consisted of recording the course on one of the several Pronto4 enabled vehicles, editing those courses and then performing a few course trials to assure course performance. The developed courses included an ingress, several target loops, and an egress course. The ingress/loop/egress course set was then commanded through the low availability radio link. The ingress and egress courses were 1.5 miles in length and took the MLT from the control tower to the airstrip and returned to the control tower for next mission. The demo course was 2.5 miles long, 1.125 miles in each direction (north/south). The MLT traversed in one direction, looped around, and traversed the other direction. Each traverse lasted about 2 minutes, with one completed course occurring in about 4 minutes.
    The MLT performed approximately 18 traverses during the 60 minute exercise.

 

• MOVING TARGET COURSE #2, Barstow, CA, September 2008
• Kairos Autonomi's latest vehicle, a Nissan truck (pictured below), was recently used to perform Moving Land Target testing. In less than 10 linear business days at minimal effort, Kairos Autonomi:
  • purchased the truck for $3,500 with 125,000 miles on it
  • maintained the truck with new tires, new battery, hub repair, and other standard maintenance for $1,500
  • installed and qualified the Pronto4 system in less than 1 man-day
  • transported the vehicle to the test site
  • outfitted the truck as a 'Technical' (indigeneous enemy vehicle), including a DShK 12.7 mm mounted gun (Dishka)
  • performed video demonstrations
• The 'Technical' also featured a safety target on the hood, and was man-driven to range position for record and go operation (standard feature). Two different courses were used, and the vehicle was configured the same for both. The first course was about 1.5 miles long on a flat, dry lake bed, with the vehicle navigating some long turns at speeds up to 25 mph. The second course was about 1 mile in length and run over rough, uneven terrain with the vehicle achieving speeds of 15 mph in 4WD. Additional testing was performed at a later date with speeds of 40+ mph using the same vehicle on a different course.
• The video is a bit amateurish, but we are pretty proud of it:
  • Windows Media:
    + Flat, Dry Lakebed, Medium (384 x 288, 12.3 mb)
    + Rough Terrain, Medium (384 x 288, 13.8 mb)

A Nissan truck outfitted to look like a 'Technical' before an autonomous run.

• MOVING TARGET COURSE, Primm, NV, Aug. 2008
  • Testing in a dry lake bed near Primm, NV, we created a simulated moving ground target course. We used a stock Pronto4 system with standard software installed in a Chevy Avalanche. The course was about 6 miles long. We completed multiple runs and achieved speeds of 90+ mph. The Chevy Avalanche autonomously follows the same path (tire ruts evident). Each video was captured using on-board cameras with annotation overlay. Time: about 6 minutes.
    • Windows Media:
      + 90 MPH, Medium (384 x 288, 12.8 mb)
      + 85 MPH, Medium (384 x 288, 12.8 mb)
      + 70 MPH, Medium (384 x 288, 13 mb)

A Chevy Avalanche using the Pronto4 system prepares to drive 90 mph near Primm, NV.

• AUVSI 2008 Video
  • This video includes highlights form the high-speed run, the Miller Motorsports Park time trial, DesignJug's Urban Challenge 2007 efforts, and the surface vessel test.
    • Windows Media:
      + Medium (384 x 288, 15.7 mb)

• High-speed Test (75+ mph), HMMWV, May 2008
  • Using the access road at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, Kairos Autonomi achieved sustained speeds in excess of 75 mph. The test area consisted of a three (3) mile segment of road with two lanes each measuring 12’ 9” wide, and turn-around areas on either end. The first loop has the vehicle traveling East, with the vehicle traveling West for the final test loop. Orange cones were placed as one (1) mile markers in the segment. Winds gusted between 30-40 mph NNW.
    The course was recorded using an H1 (commercial HMMWV) retrofitted with a stock Pronto4 System Series II and Kairos Autonomi’s standard software package. Throttle and host indicators in the video are inaccurate. Speed is platform limited in this test.
    The test was performed autonomously.
    • High-speed Test (Two Loops)
      • Windows Media:
        + Small (320 x 240, 5.4 mb)
        + Medium (384 x 288, 14.6 mb)
        + Large (640 x 480, 14.7 mb)
    • High-speed Test (One Loop)
      • Windows Media:
        + Small (320 x 240, 2.8 mb)
        + Medium (384 x 288, 7.4 mb)
        + Large (640 x 480, 10.3 mb)
        
        
• Semi-autonomous Time Trial, HMMWV, April 2008
• We performed a series of semi-autonomous time trials at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah with our HMMWV. Speeds reached 50+ mph, with 30+ mph around tight turns.
  • Time Trial
    • Windows Media:
      + Small (320 x 240, 9.8 mb)
      + Medium (384 x 288, 14 mb)
      + Large (640 x 480, 29.9 mb)

• 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.
    • High-Speed Video
      • Windows Media:
        + Small (320 x 240, 5.55 mb)
        + Large (640 x 480, 25.7 mb)
      • Quicktime:
        + Small (320 x 240, 5.16 mb)
        + Large (640 x 480, 10.6 mb)
    • Lower-Speed Video
      • Windows Media:
        + Small (320 x 240,4.31 mb)
        + Large (640 x 480, 19.9 mb)
      • Quicktime:
        + Small (320 x 240, 3.94 mb)
        + Large (640 x 480, 8.23 mb)
        

• Video from the AUVSI Unmanned Systems demonstration, Aug. 6, 2007. Kairos Autonomi's HMMWV performed an autonomous drive to deliver a breach kit to a Marine platoon as part of a mock scenario demonstrating how unmanned systems (UAVs and UGVs) support operations.
• Windows Media:
  + Small (320 x 240, 1.37 mb)
  + Medium (640 x 480, 1.40 mb)

• Quicktime:
  + Small (320 x 240, 6.41 mb)
  + Medium (640 x 480, 23.8 mb)

• A complex autonomous drive, with multiple turns. This run was initiated using a remote e-stop system. (28.3 mb)
  

• An autonomous drive showing Kairos Autonomi's Mimic software, which can record a human drive and then autonomously drive a vehicle over the same route in playback mode. This drive also features a remote e-stop start, stop and re-start. (48.8 mb)
  

• This video shows an autonomous vehicle driving over a four inch donut. The donut simulates an IED target, and the drive demonstrates the Pronto4™ system's ability to accurately drive over a target at speed. (4.38 mb)

Urban Challenge 2007
Three Track B teams that competed in the Urban Challenge 2007 used the Pronto4™ Agnostic Autonomy System for their hardware platforms. These teams provided video to Kairos Autonomi as they documented their efforts leading up to the Urban Challenge 2007.
Video links are provided below:

• The Urban Juggernaut performing a series of navigation runs as part of Team Juggernaut's DARPA site visit, June 23, 2007 (59 mb).*

• Team Juggernaut's video demonstration for earning an Urban Challenge 2007 site visit, March / April 2007 (98 mb).*
  • Autonomous Run only (39 mb).
    

• Brigham Young University's video demonstration for earning a site visit for its team, BYUC, April 2007.

• The University of Utah is supporting a team and created this video demonstration for earning a site visit, April 2007 (65.6 mb).*
  
  
• Team Juggernaut's Track A Proposal video, June 2006. Team Juggernaut was not awarded Track A status, most likely due to its lack of partnering with other companies and entities. Of course, we like to think the team's core technology is solid.

Other Video

• To see a Pronto4™ agnostic automated vehicle driving 60+ mph in tele-operation mode, click here.

• In tele-operation mode, see a Pronto4™ agnostic automated vehicle negotiate a curve in the road (click here).

* These files may take a while to buffer due to their large file size. However, you do not have to wait for the videos to fully download. After the files are buffered about 20 percent, you can click run to start playing the videos.