Grasping Spatial Integrity in Distributed Unmanned Systems

Abstract

Due to the increased complexity of tasks delegated to unmanned systems their collective use is becoming of paramount importance for performing any reasonable jobs. An approach is offered where integral group behaviors are achieved automatically rather than set up manually. Missions in a high-level Distributed Scenario Language can be executed jointly by communicating interpreters embedded in key system units. Robotic scenarios like reconnaissance, camp security, convoy, mule and explosive ordnance disposal oriented on different numbers of cooperating units are demonstrated. The approach allows us to effectively manage any teams, from manned to purely unmanned, regardless of the number of components in them. Other researched applications of the technology are outlined as well as its relation to gestalt philosophy, where the whole dominates over parts, defining their sense and even existence. The paradigm discussed may also be considered as a universal globally programmable distributed super-machine operating with both information and physical matter, ruling the world covered by it at runtime.