The registration deadline to register and participate in the Extravaganza and RTOD2 is January 18, 2012.
The Robotic Technology Observation, Demonstration and Discussion (RTOD2) is a multiphase, continuous process designed
to improve robotic capabilities. RTOD2 will identify and leverage how industry has advanced technologies. The RTOD2
gives government and contractors a single point of contact and facilitates communication. TARDEC’s Ground Vehicle
Robotics team is the RTOD2 lead.
This year’s RTOD2 theme is “Support for the Combat Outpost.” Technologies should demonstrate the following capabilities:
- Deploy
- Setup
- Protect
- Sustain
- Relocate
These areas of interest will be demonstrated within three scenario vignettes.
Vignette #1 Corral -”Setup, Deploy, and Relocate”: The robot must autonomously establish a hasty prone fighting
position on a section of a combat outpost perimeter based on locations provided by an operator.
Vignette #2 Gunslinger -”Protect”: The robot must identify and alert the operator of hostile activity within a
defined area, and then acquire and track those moving targets.
Vignette #3 Wagon Train -”Sustain”: The robot must autonomously navigate to multiple designated locations and
autonomously unload materiel in a specified order upon arrival.
If a technology does not fit into one of these three scenarios it can still be submitted for consideration in the RTOD2.
The government will review all submissions and if there is a high level of interest in the technology meeting the defined
criteria, the vendor may be invited to demonstrate its capability at RTOD2 and the technology will be entered into the database.
All technology demonstrated at RTOD2 must be at TRL 6. The system must be completed/qualified through test and demonstration;
technology in the R&D phases will not be accepted.