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<p>The Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Workbench (AUVW) is an ongoing project  at NPS that allows rehearsal, real-time control, and replay of diverse autonomous  unmanned vehicle (AUVs) missions. The AUVW increases the situational awareness of  operators while allowing operators to learn valuable insights in a robots performance  before, during, and after a mission.  This thesis examines a variety of strategic authoritative plans for autonomous  vehicles to determine functional mission requirements that autonomous vehicles are  expected to be performing in the near future. Excellent agreement on tactical needs and  requirements was found among these diverse documents. A series of exemplar missions  corresponding to specific requirements are presented as a way to explore and evaluate  different tactical capabilities. These missions are then compared to the current  capabilities of the AUVW by planning, running, and evaluating them in the workbench.  Although the AUVW is a powerful tool it still lacks some functionality to make it  tactically usable. Nevertheless, perhaps two thirds of the necessary capabilities are  already supported in the workbench and further capabilities can be feasibly integrated.  The result of this work is a roadmap for future work to add functionality so that the  workbench can thoroughly perform user tasks in all mission areas.
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<br>Subjects: Modeling; Robotics; Autonomy</div>
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Monroe, Dennis W.</div>
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