ANVEL Coastal: Autonomous System Simulation Tool for Land/Sea Systems

It has been recognized for over a decade that robotic and autonomous systems will become a major component of the US military warfighting capability. In working to create flexible, robust robotic capabilities, engineers have found that developing and testing these systems carry unique challenges that aren’t easily solved through the application of traditional engineering tools and processes. One area that has great potential, however, to enhance robustness, reduce costs, and shorten development time is the application of engineering modeling and simulation (M&S). In this program, QS proposes to create ANVEL Coastal: Autonomous System Simulation Tool for Land/Sea Systems. ANVEL Coastal will be a multi-domain engineering M&S tool specifically built to support the development, testing, and validation of robotic systems that operate in land, sea, or in the transition between them. The system will build upon an existing ground-focused autonomous system M&S tool, Autonomous Navigation Virtual Environment Laboratory (ANVEL), which is widely used by the DoD and other organizations in its ground robotics efforts. ANVEL Coastal will provide a desktop simulation capability that can be adapted and used in a variety of configurations to support development and testing of autonomous sea/land/transitional systems.