December 07, 2007
Abstract
Based on observations of failures for some robotic technologies to be successfully acquired and transitioned into long term operations, this work studies the various robotic engineering methods employed at the acquisition level. This research sought the methods that are being utilized, their effectiveness, and if there are any observable gaps in the practice of robotics engineering in the practice of acquisition. In the conduct of this research, a framework for analyzing robotic case studies was presented, case studies developed and analyzed, and a survey of practitioners conducted. These case studies and survey will be used to determine evidence of robotic engineering method utilization in acquisition activities and evidence of problems due to inadequate acquisition engineering methods.
Your Presenter: Capt DeWitt Latimer IV, USAF is currently assigned as a PhD Student to the Air Force Institute of Technology and working towards a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Southern California. He is advised by Prof Barry Boehm and Prof Gaurav Sukhatme. His research focuses on investigating the nature of acquiring autonomous robotic systems. He earned his MS degrees in Robotics (2001) and Civil Engineering (2002) at Carnegie Mellon University. He is a senior member of the IEEE and ACM and a member of ASCE, and AFCEA and was awarded the CSDP credentials from the Computer Society.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this presentation are those of the author and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government.
--DeWitt "Tal" Latimer IV
PhD Candidate, Computer Science Department University of Southern California dlatimer@usc.edu / dlatimer@ieee.org
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