Dimensions of Military Robotics

Energy (to begin)

• Energy – Natural, artificial, self-generating; Dependent or independent

Intention

• Intention Source – Human directed, human intention transferred to computer, computer senses and responds to human intention, computer senses to anticipate human intention, computer originated intention (self-aware)
• Intention type – friendly, covert, hostile, or mixed
• Resolve – Resilience of intention

Intelligence collection

• Ability to sense (see, hear, smell, taste, touch).
• Amplified or alternate sensing (e.g., amplified smell for detecton, radar, spectrometer, chromatograph, etc.)
• Ability to collect data and assess the environment
• Ability to track
• Ability to collect knowledge

Covert functions

• Ability to hide or blend or camouflage
• Ability to cloak

Intelligence (ability to store and retrieve knowledge)

• Ability to store and retrieve objectives (Sensing, surveillance, disruption, building, diversion, killing, destruction, payload delivery, etc.)
• Ability to store and retrieve relevant knowledge (e.g. knowledge of threats)

Rational thinking (ability to structure knowledge)

• Ability to formulate mission or project objectives
• Ability to change objectives
• Ability to assess and identify value or threat
• Ability to prioritize objectives and tasks
• Ability to project manage (Cost/timing/resources)

Knowledge creation

• Ability to question.
• Ability to create new knowledge/answer questions from sensed questions/data
• Ability to change objectives based on answered questions
• Ability to transmit intelligence

Language processing

• Ability to interpret language
• Ability to communicate language

Physical Enablers

• Scale – Nano, micro, small, large, macro or distributed • Size – Length, width, height, weight
• Composition – Cyborg or machine, materials
• Mobility – Land, sea, air, space
• Navigation – Ability to sense direction and location
• Balance – Ability to maintain and recover balance
• Engineering Parameters (adapted from TRIZ Methodology) http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~me349/lecture_notes/triz_procedure.pdf

Weight

Length

Area

Volume

Speed

Force

Tension, pressure

Shape

Stability of object

Strength

Durability

Brightness

Energy spent

Power

Waste of energy

Waste of substance

Loss of information

Waste of time

Amount of substance

Reliability

Accuracy of measurement

Accuracy of manufacturing

Harmful factors acting on object

Harmful side effects

Manufacturability

Convenience of use

Repairability

Adaptability

Complexity of device

Physical Performance

• Ability to physically execute objectives (Sensing, surveillance, disruption, building, diversion, killing, destruction, payload delivery, etc.) Payload Dimensions (See TRIZ dimensions)
• Destructive
• Disruptive
• Denial
• Crippling
• Invasive
• Poison or biological
• Latent (Trojan horse)
• Amplification of norms – Amplified sound, smell, light, taste, environment (land, sea, air)
• Combinatory

Cooperative performance

• Distribution of effort
• Collective action or cooperation with human
• Collective action or cooperation with other machines
• Swarm behavior
• Self-proliferation

Assessment

• Ability to make objective assessments.
• Ability to make subjective assessments.
• Ability to adjust objectives based on assessment