TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Quantitative assessment of modelling and simulation tools for autonomous navigation of military vehicles over off-road terrains
JO  - International journal of vehicle performance
A1  - Cole, Michael
A1  - Lucas, Cesar
A1  - Kulkarni, Kumar
A1  - Carruth, Daniel
A1  - Hudson, Christopher
A1  - Jayakumar, Paramsothy
A1  - Gorsich, David
SP  - 327
EP  - 355
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - Autonomous systems are the future of the Army and Ground Vehicle Systems Center has aligned itself accordingly to support unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) development. Physically testing autonomous algorithms and vehicle systems can be expensive and time consuming, a problem addressed by the use of modelling and simulation (M&S) tools. A multitude of both Government owned and commercial off-the-shelf tools (COTS) are widely available, all claim to virtually evaluate autonomous ground vehicles operating on various environments and scenarios. Most of the COTS tools primarily focus on the commercial automotive industry where vehicles are driven in a structured environment. In this paper two M&S tools, viz., Autonomous Navigation Virtual Environment Laboratory (ANVEL) and rover analysis modelling and simulation (ROAMS) are evaluated for military applications, where the demands for navigation include both on-road and off-road, as well as both structured and unstructured environments as a preliminary benchmark.     Keywords: mobility; autonomy; soft soil; simulation; algorithms; ANVEL; Autonomous Navigation Virtual Environment Laboratory; ROAMS; rover analysis modelling and simulation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1745-3194
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJVP.2020.109192
ID  - ref1
ER  -