This invention provides impact detection and vehicle cooperation to achieve particular goals and determine particular threat levels. For example, an impact/penetration sensing device may be provided on a soldier's clothing such that when this clothing is impacted/penetrated (e.g., penetrated to a particular extent) a medical unit (e.g., a doctor or medical chopper) may be autonomously, and immediately, provided with the soldiers location (e.g., via a GPS device on the soldier) and status (e.g., right lung may be punctured by small-arms fire).

There is disclosed a deployable surveillance, security and/or enforcement unit, comprising: a container configured for deployment from a vehicle or by air at a surveillance, security and/or enforcement location; and two or more removable modules having equipment for performing surveillance, security and/or enforcement operations, wherein the container has a housing with at least one opening for receiving the two or more modules into the container. The unit may be comprised as part of a vehicle. The advantage of this arrangement is that it is flexible and can be deployed to meet temporary requirements, changing requirements, and can be easily equipped to meet differing roles. The deployable surveillance, security and/or enforcement unit may comprise removable modules including: a command module; a reconnaissance module; a sampling and diagnostic laboratory module; a decontamination module; and/or a utilities module.

Systems and methods of manipulating/controlling robots. In many scenarios, data collected by a sensor (connected to a robot) may not have very high precision (e.g., a regular commercial/inexpensive sensor) or may be subjected to dynamic environmental changes. Thus, the data collected by the sensor may not indicate the parameter captured by the sensor with high accuracy. The present robotic control system is directed at such scenarios. In some embodiments, the disclosed embodiments can be used for computing a sliding velocity limit boundary for a spatial controller. In some embodiments, the disclosed embodiments can be used for teleoperation of a vehicle located in the field of view of a camera.

Systems and methods of manipulating/controlling robots. In many scenarios, data collected by a sensor (connected to a robot) may not have very high precision (e.g., a regular commercial/inexpensive sensor) or may be subjected to dynamic environmental changes. Thus, the data collected by the sensor may not indicate the parameter captured by the sensor with high accuracy. The present robotic control system is directed at such scenarios. In some embodiments, the disclosed embodiments can be used for computing a sliding velocity limit boundary for a spatial controller. In some embodiments, the disclosed embodiments can be used for teleoperation of a vehicle located in the field of view of a camera.

An apparatus for managing agricultural crops includes a vehicle and a user interface. The vehicle includes a navigation system, one or more vision systems, one or more removal tools, and a control system. The control system can include a data processing system, a data storage system, and a targeting system. The apparatus can be used to carry out one or more methods for managing agricultural crops, such as, for example, utilizing the vision system to capture images of an item to be targeted for removal by the removal tool, and utilizing the control system to process the images and position the removal tool to remove the item.

Systems and methods of manipulating/controlling robots. In many scenarios, data collected by a sensor (connected to a robot) may not have very high precision (e.g., a regular commercial/inexpensive sensor) or may be subjected to dynamic environmental changes. Thus, the data collected by the sensor may not indicate the parameter captured by the sensor with high accuracy. The present robotic control system is directed at such scenarios. In some embodiments, the disclosed embodiments can be used for computing a sliding velocity limit boundary for a spatial controller. In some embodiments, the disclosed embodiments can be used for teleoperation of a vehicle located in the field of view of a camera.

Disclosed is a patrol robot, including a robot body and a control system disposed on the robot body. The robot body includes a chassis system and an accommodating cavity disposed on the chassis system. The control system includes a main control module, an image processing module and an image collection device. The main control module is electrically connected to the image processing module. The image processing module is electrically connected to the image collection device. The image collection device includes a ball-type camera disposed on the accommodating cavity. The image processing module includes a behavior recognition unit. The behavior recognition unit recognizes pedestrian abnormal behavior according to an ambient image collected by the image collection device to generate pedestrian abnormal behavior recognition information, and the main control module transmits the pedestrian abnormal behavior recognition information to a patrol robot management system. Further disclosed is a patrol robot management system.

A remote-controlled vehicle includes a vehicle body, a first wheel, a second wheel, and a camera mount. The first wheel is rotatably coupled to a first side of the vehicle body, and the second wheel is rotatably coupled to a second side of the vehicle body. Each of the first wheel and the second wheel has a first height measured in a direction perpendicular to a central longitudinal plane of the vehicle body. The camera mount is coupled to the vehicle body, and the camera mount is configured to removably couple to a camera device. The camera mount has a second height measured in the direction perpendicular to the central longitudinal plane, and the second height is less than the first height such that the camera mount does not extend outside of the first height.

A two wheeled robot with a pair of motorized wheels mounted on each end of a body and a rearwardly extending tail. The body comprising a chassis with sides and exterior side surfaces and providing an accessory mounting interface. The interface having a matrixical arrangement of threaded holes and one or more landings, the landings having an outwardly facing planar landing surface with hole openings at the landing surface. An accessory with a robot mounting interface cooperates with the chassis at the accessory mounting interface such that prior to fastening the accessory has a single degree of freedom of movement. Screws extend through portions of the accessory into select ones of the threaded holes of the matrixical arrangement.

A two wheeled throwable robot comprises an elongate chassis with two ends, a motor at each end, drive wheels connected to the motors, and a tail extending from the elongate chassis. The throwable robot includes an enable/disable arrangement comprising a pair of magnets generating a magnetic field and a magnetic field sensor positioned in proximity to the pair of magnets. The sensor is activated upon the occurrence of a specific modification of the magnetic field. The throwable robot may include a key member formed of a material to modify the magnetic field to enable the robot.