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TRUSTEDAUTONOMOUSSYSTEMS

TowardsaDefenceCoopera9veResearchCentre

DrJasonScholz-ResearchLeaderTrustedAutonomousSystems

Survivable communications

Persistent Surveillance: Underwater Glider

Novel flight control & Alternate navigation

Human-Autonomy Teaming Technologies

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DrSimonNg-ThemeLeaderandHeadUnmannedAerialSystemsGroup

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AnIntegratedApproachtoDefenceInnova9on

§  Small Business Exploratory Tasks §  Strategic Research Program §  MURI §  Grand Challenge §  Defence Cooperative Research Centre

Defence Cooperative

Research Centre’s

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§ Technology/Concept Exploration

§  Technology Demonstration

§  Prototype System

§  Integrated Capability Demonstration

§  Defence-Industry Collaboration

Next Generation Technologies Defence Innovation Hub

Innovative & Resilient Capability Life Cycle

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•  Close-in ports and airbases are vulnerable to attack,

•  Surface ships and aircraft carriers are easier to detect and track at range,

•  Non-stealthy aircraft are vulnerable to modern integrated area defence systems

•  Space is no longer a sanctuary

Adversaries are developing their own ISR-strike networks—with emphasis on missile systems – to challenge conventional US power projection.

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DefenceCRCResearchStrategy

MachineCogniBon

PersistentAutonomy

Human-AutonomyIntegraBon

PercepBon&Sensing

Effectors&PlaHorms

IntelligentSystems

CapabilityDemonstrator

ReadinessLevel

ResearchProviders IndustryPartners DefenceUsers

ScienceDrivers

ADFOffsetCapabiliBes

DIIPRiskReducBon

InternaBonalSupplyChain

CapabilityRequirements

DefencePull&Needs

RequireGame-ChangingTechnologies:TAS

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•  AutonomoussystemshavebeenpromisedfordecadesbuttheysBllhaven’tarrived.Why?Isitbecause…

•  Wecan’texpectadifferentresultifwedothesameresearch!•  NewscienceandrepurposeexisBngtechniques

TASDefenceCRCResearchProgram

they aren’t resilient enough?

they aren’t smart enough?

people don’t trust them?

Persistent Autonomy •  managing uncertainty

and unpredictability, •  persistent perception, •  multi-modal fusion, •  self-healing systems, •  aggressive actuation.

Machine Cognition •  machine learning, •  artificial intelligence, •  symbolic reasoning

and logic, •  theory of mind, •  planning, •  decision making, •  social agents.

Human-Autonomy Integration

•  human-machine models, •  behavioural and social

models, •  psychometrics, •  shared decision making, •  trust and uncertainty, •  communications and

narrative.

LiLoralForceProtec9onBaseProtec9on

Autonomytoreducedeployedoperators,controlmoreUVs,

shortenresponse5mes

LiLoralInterdic9onCounter-smuggling

Autonomytoenableanewcapabilitytoaddressunderwaterthreats

AutonomyStrategicChallenge–CapabilityDemonstra9on

Ourmissionistoenhance,demonstrateandevaluate

themilitaryu5lityofautonomoussystemsforfutureli7oralopera5ons.

TTCPAutonomousWarriorSeptember2018JervisBay,Australia

EffecBve&flexiblehumanmanagementofmulBplesimultaneousUVmissions(IMPACT).

Policymanagement(COMPACT).

MachinerecommendsmulBpleacBon‘plays’learnedviaonlineoperatorfeedback.

UV-CombatSystemintegraBon(MAPLE)

Trials2016UnmannedWarrior(UK)2017IntegraBonTrials(US,UK,CA,NZ)2018AutonomousWarrior(AS)

C2AutonomyTechnologies

PlaXormAutonomyTechnologies

LiLoralUnderwaterAreaDenialCri9calInfrastructureProtec9on

Autonomytolowerexposureofmilitarypersonneltorisks&lessresourceintensive.

Smugglerminisub

UnmannedVehicleteamcoordinaBonsofwareUnmannedVehicleMissionOrientedOperaBngSuite(MOOS)integraBon

BaseProtecBonAir,Land,SeasurfaceUnderwater

Counter-smugglingAir,SeasurfaceandUnderwater

CriBcalInfrastructureProtecBonAir,SeasurfaceandUnderwater

Outcomes•  ForceMul9plica9onbysmallteams

ofhumanoperatorscontrollingalargefleetofUvsinadynamicthreatenvironment.

•  InteroperabilityarchitecturetoprovideguidelinesforindustryinnovaBonandavoidDefenseexposuretoproprietarylock-in.

•  Integra9onofFVEYSautonomytechnologiesforfasterandmoreinformeddecisionsthatsavesonNaBonaldevelopmentcosts.

•  AgilitybymergingtacBcalandoperaBonalcontrolforfastermilitarydecisioncycles.

SupportedbyMAR,HUM,C3I,AERandJSAGroups

Multi-role Aviation Training Vessel (MATV) slated for UV launch, command and control, recovery in Autonomous Warrior trial.

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AutonomyStrategicChallengeSomeoftheRelevantDefenceProjects

§  SEA1778DeployableMineCountermeasures:USV,UUV,SO§  SEA1770RapidEnvironmentalAssessment(REA)§  SEA129Tac5(OPV)spiraldevofautonomoussystems,inclUGVops&

REAfromOPV§  SEA1179Tac1MHC§  SEA1180OPV2ndphase§  SEA1397Nulkareplacement§  AIR7000Phase2B-MariBmePatrolAircrafReplacementProject§  AIR7000Phase1B(Triton)§  …

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DCRCValueProposi9onforIndustrySMEs§  Projectsindustry-drivenforcommercialsuccess§  Defencefocuswithdual-usetootherglobalmarkets§  YouowntheforegroundIPandsellyourbackgroundIPtoDefence§  IPheldwithineachproject–notsharedacrossDCRC§  YounegoBaterightsatprojectstartup§  Seeyourideasforgame-changingtechnologiesrealised§  R&D-improvedproductsandservices§  ReducedriskofR&D:IdenBfiedDefenceprojectopportuniBes§  ReducedcostofaccesstoR&D:youchooseaproject§  ExposuretoDefenceandotherpotenBalclients§  EducaBonandupskillingofyourstaffwithWorld-classscience&engineering§  AccesstoDefencefaciliBesfortrials&demonstraBons§  Inputtaxcredits(R&D)§  SetupyourcompanyforCTDsandotheropportuniBestofurtherincreaseTRL

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SomeExampleProjects “Seedprojects”fundedbyDSTGroup

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DST-AcademiaSeedProjects(FY16-17)

Human-Autonomy Integration •  Human-autonomy teaming:

effectiveness •  Legal decisions for autonomy (LAWS) •  Socialised autonomy (5th Gen HQ) •  Mobile robot control interaction

Machine Cognition •  Adaptive flight •  Human-autonomy teaming: machine

learning •  Autonomous goal and resource

management

Perception & Sensing •  Multi-modal autonomous

systems for urban ops •  Long range alternate navigation

for UAVs

Persistent Autonomy •  Non-stationary planning •  Long endurance path planning •  Survivable ad-hoc unmanned

vehicle networks •  Evolution of swarm behaviours

Intelligent Systems •  Decentralised flow control (3OS

logistics)

Effectors & Platforms •  Coordinated delivery of effects

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Persistentnaviga9oninsparse,deniedenvironmentsCurrentProjectClosed-loopalternatenavigaBonoverlongdistancesTechnicalWorkMulB-modalbio-inspiredsensor

synthesis,lowpowerandlightweight,featureextracBon/matching,opBcalflowcorrecBon,sunpolarisaBon

FutureMoBon/coursecoupling(movetosense),over-water,night-Bme,extendingadopBonofapproachesfrombiologicalsystems

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Opera9onsintheUrbanCanyonandIndoorsCurrentProjectAutonomousteamingfor

exploringandcharacterisingcomplexurbanenvironments

TechnicalWorkNovellight-weightsensors(event-basedsensing,nightvision,chemicalsensing),mulB-agentcooperaBveteaming,mulB-funcBonalstructures

FutureExtendingsensormodaliBes,idenBfyingandtrackingindividualsincomplexenvironments

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DeepRay–UnderseaGlider§  Background:SoluBonsforlong-enduranceautonomous

oceansurveillancearerequired.Leveragethe$50Binvestmentinmannedsubmarines.

§  Goal:ImplementDeepRayresiliencewithGPSandcommunicaBonsindependence.

§  ProbabilisBcversionofFMTpathplanner

FMT Fast Marching Trees path planning

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