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2020-10-23 智邦网
编译 致远
据简氏防务新闻网10月22日报道
美陆军推动增强现实护目镜研制，采用增强现实技术，通过激光指示器将计算机生成现实场景图像传递给军犬，引导军犬开展爆炸物定位侦察、协助救援等各种行动。
项目由指挥瞄准镜公司承担，陆军通过小企业创新研究计划提供经费，采用商业无人机、微电子、照相机以及微型单板计算机等技术。
AR goggles could soon be used to direct military working dogs
A new project funded by the US Army Research Office (ARO) is developing augmented reality (AR) goggles to guide military working dogs in an effort to increase personnel safety.
Command Sight, a company focused on human-animal communication, received funding from ARO – part of the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s Army Research Laboratory (ARL) – to develop a prototype of the AR goggles. The research was funded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme.
The dogs are trained to respond to laser pointers, which handlers can use to guide the dogs to positions when scouting areas for explosives, assisting in rescue operations, or a range of other activities. Simulated laser pointers are then presented to the dog’s field of view through the goggles, with AR enabling computer-generated imagery to be inserted over a real-world scene.
Stephen Lee, a senior scientist at ARO, said the technology had been driven primarily by evolutions in the commercial sector, notably the use of drones, which has fuelled the development of lightweight electronics and smaller cameras that can be carried comfortably by a dog.
Using the goggles, dogs are trained to respond to laser pointers that handlers can use to guide them to certain positions. (Command Sight)
“The fascinating thing is that this may open up new opportunities for guiding and working with dogs and to develop their capabilities,” Lee told Janes.
AJ Peper, founder and CEO of Command Sight, said the goggles had been made possible by more affordable technology, such as miniaturised single-board computers.
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