Army asks industry for human-machine interfaces that join soldiers to mixed reality and autonomous robots
Project seeks to assess industry's ability to develop multimodal human-machine interfaces to control mixed-reality and autonomous robotic systems.
U.S. Army researchers are asking for industry's help in developing new ways for soldiers to communication and interact with mixed-reality and autonomous robots to speed operations and enhance situational awareness.
Officials of the Army the Cognitive Science and Applications Branch of the Army Combat Capability Development Command Soldier Center in Natick, Mass., issued a request for information (W911QY-25-R-MHMI) last week for the Multimodal Human-Machine Interface for Mixed Reality (XR) and Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) Control project.
The project seeks to assess industry's ability to develop cutting-edge technology for multimodal human-machine interfaces to control mixed reality and autonomous robotic systems.
Proposed solutions should help soldiers interface with mixed-reality and autonomous robots to minimize cognitive load and training requirements; enhance situational awareness; and enable soldiers to offload risk and work to robots, and instead help them focus on higher-level tasks.
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