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Enhancing Operations with Unmanned Land Technology
Military Robotics
and Autonomous
Systems
3rd - 4th
APRIL
2019
Half-Day Pre-Conference Workshop, Tuesday 2nd April 2019 |
Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, London, United Kingdom
Enhancing Dismounted Soldier Operations
with Military RAS
Hosted by Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Rob O’Connor,
Former CO of ITDU, Pardus Defence and Security, UK
09:00am-12:30pm
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
1. New for 2019: CBRN Detection, advancements in Artificial Intelligence
and updates from the Robotics Complex
Breach Concept
2. Hear the latest updates on the UK Ministry of Defence’s Robotics and
Autonomous Systems Enhancement Programmes
3. Attend exclusive Military briefings from the United Kingdom, The United
States, Finland, and the Netherlands
4. Discuss and debate the key role of unmanned technology in land
operations through enhanced survivability, situational awareness,
lethality, sustainability, and maneuverability
5. Benefit from a comprehensive approach to emerging land
autonomous robotics with briefings from military, defence research,
procurement agencies and military
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, British Army
SENIOR ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS EXPERTS:
Host Nation Speakers:
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Craig, SO1 Capability and Cohesion,
Army HQ, British Army
Major Martin Laverack, Requirements Manager, Special Projects
Search and Countermeasures (SPSCM), DES, UK MoD
Major Dr Johnathan Green APMP MCMI, SO2 Military Advisor,
CBR Division, DSTL, UK MoD
Mr Peter Stockel, Innovation Autonomy Challenge Lead, DSTL,
UK MoD
Regional Expert Speakers
Colonel Warren Sponsler, Deputy Director, Next Generation
Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Mazal, Doctrine Education and Training
Branch Chief, NATO Modelling Simulation
Major Tapio Saarelainen, Research and Development
Department, Army Research Centre, Finland
Major Martijn Hadicke, Commander Robot Autonomous Systems
Cell, 13th Light Infantry Brigade, Royal Netherlands Army
Dr. Robert W. Sadowski, Robotics Senior Research Scientist,
TARDEC, US Army
Mr Ted Maciuba, Deputy Director of the US Army TRADOC
Capability Manager for Robotics and Autonomous Systems at
the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Maneuver Center/Army
Futures Command
Professor Amir Shapiro, Associate Professor, Mechanical
Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
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MILITARY ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS 2019
Day One | Wednesday 3rd April 2019 www.robotics-autonomous.com
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8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, British Army
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
9.10 Robotic Autonomous Systems Technology and Developments in
the British Army
• Maximising RAS capabilities in improving overall situational
awareness, force protection, lethality, sustainability and
manoeuvrability
• Current developments and challenges of integrating RAS
systems in manned missions
• Updates from the Army Warfighting Experiment (Autonomous
Warrior Land 18)
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Craig, SO1 Coherence, Robotics and
Autonomous Systems, British Army
9.50 Gold Sponsor Presentation Endeavor Robotics
Mr Charles E. Dean, Vice President of Sales, Endeavor Robotics
10.30 Optimising soldier manoeuvrability through RAS implementation
in force operations
• Enhanced soldier manoeuvrability advancements in the Next-
Gen Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team
• Optimising manoeuvrability in unrestricted, restricted and dense
urban terrain
• Enhancing manoeuvrability to allow soldiers to deliver decisive
lethality during combined arms manoeuvres
Colonel Warren Sponsler, Deputy Director, Next Generation
Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team, US Army
11.10 Morning Coffee
COUNTER IED AND INDUSTRY UPDATES
11.40 Maximising Counter-IED capacity in the British Army through RAS
• Current British Army integration of C-IED systems
• RAS survivability in hazardous environments and future
developments
• Challenges in the integration of C-IED RAS and maximising efficiency
Major Martin Laverack, Requirements Manager, Special Projects
and Counter Measures (SPSCM), DES, UK MoD
12.20 Networking Lunch
FUTURE ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
1.20 Maximising Artificial Intelligence for Increased Robotic Autonomy
• Current usage of AI for enhanced manoeuvrability in hazardous
environments
• Enhanced AI usage in the Finnish armed forces
• Capitalising on AI for increased autonomy for land robotics
Major Tapio Saarelainen, Research Staff Officer, OF-3, Army
Research Centre, Finnish Defence Forces
2.00 Spider Robot Locomotion for UGV Exploitation
• Enhancing survivability through ruggedization for different
environments
• Benefits and drawbacks of different robotic systems to improve
sustainability, manoeuvrability, situational awareness, lethality
and survivability
• Practical applications for spider robot locomotion in military
settings
Professor Amir Shapiro, Associate Professor, Mechanical
Engineering, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
2.40 Afternoon Tea
RAS MANOEUVRABILITY
3.10 Robotic Complex Breach Concept: the use of Multiple RAS
Systems
• Demonstrating the breach techniques used during the Robotic
Complex Breach Concept
• Lessons learned from implementing multiple systems for one
operation
• Enhancing soldier survivability through robotic breaches with
enhanced situational awareness
Major Gareth Morris, US Army Exchange Officer, Maneuver Battle
Lab, Maneuver Center of Excellence
3.50 Cooperative Control: Coordinated Use of Multiple Unmanned
Heterogeneous Systems
• Cooperation of unmanned heterogeneous systems
• Decision making for multiple unmanned systems
• Situational awareness improvement
• Demonstrations in a persistent surveillance and monitoring
scenario
Dr Hyo Sang Shin, Reader in GNC, Cranfield University
MILITARY PANEL
PANEL DISCUSSION
4.30 Optimising Ground Operations Through the Increased Use of
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
• Future advancements in manned-unmanned teaming
• Enhancing the use of AI for increased manoeuvrability
• Achieving strategic superiority through enhanced situational
awareness
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, British Army
Colonel Warren Sponsler, Deputy Director, Next Generation
Combat Vehicle Cross Functional Team, US Army
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Craig, SO1 Coherence, Robotics and
Autonomous Systems, British Army
Dr Robert Sadowski, Army Chief Roboticist Robotics ST, US Army
RDECOM-TARDEC
Major Tapio Saarelainen, Research Staff Officer, OF-3, Army
Research Centre, Finnish Defence Forces
5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, British Army

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MILITARY ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS 2019
www.robotics-autonomous.com Day Two | Thursday 4th April 2019
8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, British Army
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
9.10 Enhanced Robotic Modularity: Exploitation of Sustainable RAS
• Analysing the advantages of using modular robotics for
multiple combat scenarios
• Enhancing the use of modular robotics for increased
sustainability
• Future advancements and gains from man-unmanned
teaming
• The use of the Modular Advanced Armed Robotic System
(MAARS)
Dr Robert Sadowski, Army Chief Roboticist Robotics ST, US Army
RDECOM-TARDEC
9.50 Strengthening Manoeuvrability and Sustainability of Last Mile
Operations with Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Coalition
Assured Autonomous Resupply (CAAR)
• The current position and assessments of CAAR
• Integration challenges for RAS use in a coalition scenario
• Enhancing RAS capabilities to maximise manoeuvrability of
resupply missions
• Supporting logistics and survivability: reducing risks to military
personnel and increasing efficiency of last mile logistics
Mr Peter Stockel, Innovation Autonomy Challenge Lead, DSTL,
UK MoD
10.30 Morning Coffee
11.00 US Army Robotics Update
• Current status of US Army Robotics
• Improving Small Unit Lethality, Mobility, Protection, and
Situational Awareness
• Near Term Robotics Timeline
• Foreign and US Industry Opportunities
Mr Ted Maciuba, Deputy Director of the US Army TRADOC
Capability Manager for Robotics and Autonomous Systems at
the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Maneuver Center/Army
Futures Command, US Army
11.40 Sponsor Presentation Available
SURVIVABILITY
12.20 Project Minerva: Enhancing Soldier Survivability through CBRN
Detection
• Advancements in the use of RAS for CBRN detection
• Increasing capacity and decreasing training burdens
• Enhancing survivability of soldiers and RAS systems through the
effective monitoring of CBRN
Major Johnathan Green, SO2 Military Advisor, CBR Division, DSTL,
UK MoD
1.00 Networking Lunch
2.00 Ensuring Survivability: RAS Deployment in Dangerous
Environments
• Working agreements between human soldiers and intelligent
military machines
• Goal oriented reasoning for autonomous task execution by
intelligent machines
Major Martijn Hadicke, Commander Robot Autonomous
Systems Cell, 13th Light Infantry Brigade, Royal Netherlands
Army
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
2.40 Advancing Future ISR Capabilities in Land Robotics
• Current ISR capabilities
• Developing sustainability of RAS through the use of modular
systems
• Gaining strategic superiority through improved situational
awareness via the use of modular systems
Lieutenant Colonel Jan Mazal, Doctrine Education and
Training Branch Chief, NATO Modelling Simulation Centre of
Excellence
3.20 Afternoon Tea
3.50 Detection and Removal: Enhancing Counter-IED Capabilities
• Optimising C-IED neutralisation capabilities through navigation
systems and explosive detection technologies
• Strengthening machine learning technology to maximise
survivability via collision and explosives avoidance
• Developing C-IED capacities for multiple operating
environments against evolving threats
Major (Ret’d) Lloyd Davies, Director, Five Three Alpha
4.30 Role of Connectivity in Future Autonomous Driving in Uncertain/
Unknown Environments
• Enhancing connectivity for increased robotic survivability
• Connectivity issues in difficult and unknown environments
• Increased manoeuvrability through continuous connectivity
Dr Saber Fallah, Senior Lecturer - Associate Professor, University
of Surrey
5.10 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, British Army

4. Half-Day Pre-Conference Workshop
Tuesday 2nd April 2019,
Holiday Inn Kensington Forum,
London, United Kingdom
09:00am-12:30pm
Workshop leader:
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret’d) Rob O’Connor, Former CO of ITDU, Pardus
Defence and Security, UK
Overview of the workshop:
This exploit will use the tactical framework of FIND, FIX, STRIKE and
EXPLOIT to examine how robotics and autonomous systems can
enhance dismounted soldier operations. This is not a series of lectures
but a vehicle for a free and frank discussion.
Benefits of attending:
This workshop will aim to explore the current challenges around the
current usage of robotics and autonomous systems in dismounted soldier
operations. It will also examine strategies and future developments in a
free-flowing discussion between attendees. The workshop will provide
the opportunity to learn and discuss the topic in a more intimate
environment, conductive for learning and gaining invaluable insight
into the world of land robotics and autonomous systems.
About the workshop leader:
Rob O’Connor is a retired Army officer. He was commissioned into
the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (now the Yorkshire Regiment) in
1990 and has 26 years of experience as an infantry officer including
command of a rifle platoon, close observation platoon, support
weapons company, armoured infantry rifle company and the
Infantry Trials and Development Unit (ITDU). He has spent more than
six years deployed on operations in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia and
Northern Ireland.
Rob has been heavily involved in capability development. He
served in what was then the Directorate of Equipment Capability
– Ground Manoeuvre (DEC GM) in the Ministry of Defence and as
the Dismounted Close Combat (DCC) Programme Manager within
Defence Equipment and Support (DES). Rob’s final role in the Army
was command of ITDU. Rob is now the director of Pardus Defence
Security Ltd, an independent defence consultancy.
Organisation synopsis:
Pardus Defence Security Ltd provides a consulting service
working in support of equipment manufacturers to align integrated
equipment solutions with government (defence and security)
capability requirements.
Pardus offers business development support to help companies bring
new products to market as well as helping expand the sales footprint
of existing product lines. We can mentor companies through the trials
and development process to ensure that they are ready for MOD
competitions and experimentation.
Agenda
9:00 Registration and coffee
9:30 Key Aspects and Concepts
• Exploring the key themes around RAS developments
including key priorities for the British Army, namely:
survivability, sustainability, lethality, manoeuvrability
and situational awareness
10:00 Find
• How can RAS be used to gain information and
intelligence that will identify enemy locations
capabilities and intentions?
• Examples include the use of UAS and UGV to detect,
recognise, identity and locate enemy forces, can we
do more?
10:30 Fix
• How can RAS be used to deny the enemy freedom of
action and ability to manoeuvre?
• Traditional uses of RAS include the use of UAS to
coordinate indirect fire
• How else do we exploit RAS to deliver the effect?
11:00 Morning Coffee
11:20 Strike
• How do we use RAS to focus combat power at a point
of enemy weakness and from which critical assets can
be attacked?
• The UK and US have both looked at autonomous
resupply to enable manoeuvre. Is there a more kinetic
application for RAS?
11:50 Exploit
• How can RAS be used to release the full benefits of a
tactical advantage?
• Do we have the information infrastructure to deliver
RAS solutions?
12:20 Closing Remarks
12:30 Close of Workshop
Enhancing Dismounted Soldier
Operations with Military RAS

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