Estimating the tactical impact of robot swarms using a semi-automated forces system and design of experiments methods

IF 1 Q3 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Kevin L Foster, Mikel D. Petty
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Abstract

Militaries are developing autonomous robots to conduct missions such as reconnaissance and surveillance. Some of those robots are intended to operate in swarms. Because operational robot swarms are not yet available, doctrine developers will initially use constructive entity-level combat models to develop and test tactics for robot swarms. Design of experiments methods and retrodiction of the 1991 Battle of 73 Easting between US and Iraqi forces were used to calibrate a semi-automated forces system. The calibrated combat model was then used to estimate the tactical impact of a notional Iraqi robot swarm conducting reconnaissance and surveillance in that battle. The calibration ensured that the model’s parameters were accurate, enabling a reliable estimate of the swarm’s tactical impact. Additionally, the design of experiments methods produced estimates of the interaction of the robot swarm’s effect with the technologies of the combatants’ weapon systems. Simulation trials and statistical analysis showed that the tactical benefits of an Iraqi robot swarm were overshadowed by the advantage provided by the US forces’ thermal sights. However, additional trials indicated that if both sides had been equipped with optical sights only, the early warning provided to the Iraqi forces by a robot swarm could have had a significant effect on the battle’s outcome.
利用半自动化部队系统估计机器人群的战术影响并设计实验方法
军方正在开发自主机器人来执行侦察和监视等任务。其中一些机器人打算成群行动。由于可操作的机器人群尚不可用,理论开发者将首先使用建设性的实体级战斗模型来开发和测试机器人群的战术。利用1991年美国和伊拉克军队之间的73东战役的实验方法设计和回溯来校准半自动化部队系统。然后使用校准的战斗模型来估计假想的伊拉克机器人群在该战斗中进行侦察和监视的战术影响。校准确保了模型参数的准确性,从而能够可靠地估计蜂群的战术影响。此外,实验方法的设计产生了机器人群体效应与战斗人员武器系统技术的相互作用的估计。模拟试验和统计分析表明,伊拉克机器人群的战术优势被美军热瞄准具提供的优势所掩盖。然而,额外的试验表明,如果双方都只装备了光学瞄准具,那么机器人群向伊拉克部队提供的早期预警可能对战斗的结果产生重大影响。
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