SBIR-STTR Award

Mobius: Vehicle Command and Control Software for Military Test Ranges
Award last edited on: 1/9/2020

Sponsored Program
SBIR
Awarding Agency
DOD : AF
Total Award Amount
$697,113
Award Phase
2
Solicitation Topic Code
AF182-005
Principal Investigator
Jeffrey L Ferrin

Company Information

Autonomous Solutions Inc (AKA: ASI)

990 North 8000 West
Petersboro, UT 84325
   (866) 881-2171
   info@asirobots.com
   www.asirobots.com
Location: Single
Congr. District: 01
County: Cache

Phase I

Contract Number: FA3002-18-P-0041
Start Date: 8/10/2018    Completed: 11/9/2018
Phase I year
2019
Phase I Amount
$49,102
Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) has developed a client/server command and control application called Mobius.Mobius can be used to monitor vehicles and assets and control autonomous vehicles.Mobius has been successfully used to control a wide variety of ground vehicles (from small roving cameras to 100-ton haul trucks) to perform a wide variety of missions, including physical security, farming, mining, material handling, cleaning, etc.Mobius is a very powerful and capable command and control platform. It can communicate with a wide variety of manned and unmanned vehicles using a variety of protocols. It includes a wide variety of planning algorithms for navigating in a 2D environment, and a large collection of other useful features that have broad application, such as streaming video or audio from the vehicle, and teleoperation.We feel that there are many ways in which Mobius could be applied to defense applications given its success in non-defense industries.These applications could include autonomous vehicle command and control, asset management and tracking, manned or unmanned vehicle telemetry and telematics, and monitoring remote operations.Mobius can also be used to coordinate diverse and complicated multi-vehicle operations, or any operation where a human is removed.command and control,Vehicle Telematics,logistics management,fleet management,remote monitoring,Autonomous Vehicles,Asset Management,Robotics

Phase II

Contract Number: FA8751-19-C-A014
Start Date: 00/00/00    Completed: 00/00/00
Phase II year
2019
Phase II Amount
$648,011
Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) has developed Mobius, a command and control application used to monitor vehicles and assets and to control automated vehicles. Mobius is currently used to control a wide variety of ground vehicles that range from small indoor vehicles up to large 360-ton haul trucks. These vehicles are used in many different applications such as mining, farming, material handling, cleaning and automotive. Mobius includes many features required for automated vehicle control. This includes advanced path planning capabilities for multi-vehicle operations, as well safety monitoring systems to ensure each vehicle being controlled is safely interacting with other automated vehicles as well as manned assets and safe. Safe operating areas can also be defined to ensure that the vehicles only operate where allowed. ASI has also developed convoy technology for unmanned vehicle convoys. This can be used with a manned or unmanned lead vehicle. The purpose of this proposal is to make the necessary modifications to allow the convoy system to be used with Mobius with both a manned lead vehicle and an unmanned lead vehicle.ASI has worked with Edwards AFB to define a Phase II trial that will be completed as part of this project.