From Teleoperation to Teammate

Abstract

The current generation of advanced robots essentially considers the external world, including humans, vehicles, and other robots, as navigational issues rather than as team members, opponents, or part of the ambient culture. But robotic systems need true Soldier-Robot Teams where each part of the team understands the roles, responsibilities, and required actions of the others and has the capability to provide the communication necessary to make the team successful. Accomplishing this within a mission context, accepted military doctrine, and social norms of the society in which the human-robot teams operate, represents a major theoretical and technological challenge for research in human-robot teams.