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#RAS2018
Enhancing Land Capability with Autonomous
Unmanned Technology
Robotics and
Autonomous
Systems
25th-26th
APRIL
2018
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING:
● Hear the latest updates on the UK Ministry of Defence’s
Robotics and Autonomous Systems Enhancement
Programmes
● Attend exclusive military briefings from the United Kingdom,
Israel, the United States, Finland, and France
● Benefit from a comprehensive approach to emerging
autonomous and robotic technologies with briefings from
academia, defence research and procurement agencies, as
well as the military
● Discuss and debate the key role of unmanned technology
in supporting land operations through enhanced
survivability, situational awareness, lethality, sustainability,
and maneuverability
CONFERENCE CHAIRMAN:
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force
Protection, Defence Equipment and Support, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Craig, SO1 Capability and
Cohesion, Army HQ, British Army
Major Lloyd Davies, Starter Requirements Manager, DE&S,
UK MoD
Colonel Jerome Lemaire, Land Strategic Directorate,
DGA, France
Lieutenant Colonel Leon Altarac, Head of the Robotics
Department of the Ground Forces Technology Brigade,
Israeli Defence Forces
Major Alan Stephens, Project Officer For The Manoeuvering
Centre of Excellence’s Mounted Requirements Division,
TRADOC, US Army
Major Tapio Saarelainen, Research and Development
Department, Army Research Centre, Finland
Dr. Andre Pettersen, Research Manager, Norwegian
Defence Research Establishment
Dr. Robert W. Sadowski, Robotics Senior Research Scientist,
TARDEC, US Army
Dr. Stuart Young, Head of Robotics Collaborative
Technology Alliance, US Army Research Laboratory
HOST NATION MILITARY SPEAKERS:
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ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS 2018
Day One | Wednesday 25th April 2018 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,
Defence Equipment and Support, British Army
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
9.10 Robotic Autonomous System Technology Exploitation in the British Army
• Enhancing RAS capabilities to maximise situational awareness, force
protection, fire power, sustainability, and Manoeuverability
• “Focused analysis, capability integration and experimentation:” designing and
developing RAS technology to adapt the British Army to the developing security
• Current prospects of development in autonomous robotic systems
• Foreseeable challenges in implementing autonomous robotic systems into
manned operations
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Craig, SO1 Army Capabilities Strategy Cohesion,
British Army
9.50 Validation Verifications for Autonomous Vehicles
• Challenge definition for VV in autonomous vehicle world
• National Laboratory for autonomous vehicle VV
• VV for autonomous vehicles
Lieutenant Colonel Leon Altarac, Robotic Systems Knowledge Leader,
Technological Division, Israeli Defence Forces
10.30 Morning Coffee
PROGRAMME UPDATES
11.00 Enhancing Counter-IED Capability in the British Army through the Integration of
Remote Robotic Systems
• Developing requirement sets for robotic systems working across the breadth
of C-IED tasks in all possible future operating environments against a
constantly developing threat
• Integrating RCVs within a highly congested, contested and hostile Electro
Magnetic Environment
• Future aspirations for RAS
Major Lloyd Davies, STARTER Requirements Manager, DES, UK MoD
11.40 Sponsor Presentation Available
12.20 Modernizing Autonomous Ground Vehicle Manoeuvre Forces Operations
• Update on the Robotic Wingman Joint Capability Technology
Demonstration
• How autonomous robot operations enhance dismounted soldiers operability
• Enhancing mounted manoeuvre effectiveness with RAS’s, UGVs, and
ground forces cooperation
Major Alan Stephens, Project Officer For The MCOE Mounted Requirements
Division, TRADOC, US ARMY
13.00 Networking Lunch
LEADING DEFENCE RESEARCH
14.00 Enhancing Manoeuverability through RAS Integration and Optimised Manned-
Unmanned Teaming
• The US Army’s Combat Vehicle Modernization Strategy and Robotics and
Autonomous Systems Strategy
• Integrating a robotic wingman within the manoeuver force and robotic
capability within tank formations
• Overcoming the challenges of manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) in
ground manoeuver forces
• Prospects of development and further technological advancement in the
field of RAS
Dr. Robert W Sadowski, Robotics Senior Research Scientist, RDECOM TARDEC,
US Army
14.40 Enhancing Autonomy through Maximised RAS Survivability: Counter-IED
capabilities optimisation
• Developing Counter-IED Capabilities through Stand Off Surface Platforms
• Enhancing UGV IED neutralisation capabilities through integrated navigation
systems and explosive detection technology
• How optimising deep learning and self-improving technology
maximises anti explosive and collision avoidance capabilities
Dr. Andre Pettersen, Scientist, FFI
(Norwegian Defence Research Establishment)
15.20 Afternoon Tea
MILITARY PANEL DISCUSSION
15.50 RAS’s Ability To Revolutionise The Effectiveness of Contemporary Operations
• Utilising RAS to enhance lethality, survivability, situational awareness,
sustainability, and Manoeuverability
• Achieving strategic supremacy through information superiority
• Challenges of unmanned-manned cooperation
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection,
Defence Equipment and Support, British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Craig, SO1 Army Capabilities Strategy Cohesion,
British Army
Lieutenant Colonel Leon Altarac, Head of the Robotics Department of the
Ground Forces Technology Brigade, Israeli Defence Forces
Colonel Jerome Lemaire, Land Combat Capabilities Architect, Direction
Generale de l’Armement (DGA)
Major Alan Stephens, Project Officer For The MCOE Mounted Requirements
Division, TRADOC, US ARMY
Major Tapio Saarelainen, RD UAV and Electronic Warfare, Finnish Defence
Forces
ACADEMIC BRIEFINGS
16.30 Human-Robot Interactions and the Highlighted Synergies for Defence
• Strengths and weaknesses of robots
• Human-robot collaborations
• Examples as exoskeletons, collaborative robots, prosthesis
Dr. Bram Vanderborght, Professor, The Free University of Brussels, Belgium
17.10 Shared Decision Making in Human-Robot Teams
• The future of robotics lies in developing safe and trustworthy methodologies
for humans and robots to collaborate
• Our research studies ways in which robots can collect data from their
environment, analyse and use that information to make decisions in
partnership with humans
• Whether operating in the office, classroom, home, hospital or disaster
scenario, having the ability for humans and robots to support each other in
mixed-initiative interactions will allow us to take advantage of
the unique capabilities of each species
Dr. Elizabeth Sklar, Professor, King’s College London
17.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection,
Defence Equipment and Support, British Army

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ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS 2018
www.robotics-autonomous.com Day Two | Thursday 26th April 2018
8.30 Registration Coffee
9.00 Chairman’s Opening Remarks
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection,
Defence Equipment, and Support, British Army
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
9.10 Increase the human capabilities using artificial intelligence and robotics
– application to Land Systems
• Artificial intelligence : potential use and challenges
• Robotics : state of the art and autonomy level
• Projects and master plan for land systems
Colonel Jerome Lemaire, Land Combat Capabilities Architect, Direction
Generale de l’Armement (DGA)
9.50 Achieving Comprehensive Autonomy through Maximised Artificial
Intelligence
• The current position of the Finnish Defence Research Agency on AI
development and Robotic Autonomous Systems
• The challenge to RAS integration into manned operations and platoons
• Supporting logistics and survivability: Enhancing AI capabilities to
maximise self-learning technology
Major Tapio Saarelainen, RD UAV and Electronic Warfare, Finnish
Defence Forces
10.30 Morning Coffee
SUPPORTING DISMOUNTED OPERATIONS WITH RAS
11.00 Enhancing Dismounted Troops Effectiveness with Maximised Robotic
Support
• Improving operation tempo, humanrobot execution of complex
missions and remote manipulation
• Challenges to integrating autonomous transport vehicles into manned
operations
• Utilising UGVs for resupply, transport and other logistical roles
• Future prospects of developing unmanned technologies to support
infantry operations
Dr. Stuart Young, Head of Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance,
Army Research Laboratory
11.40 Sponsor Presentation Available
12.20 Enhancing Dismounted Soldier Operations with Robotics and
Autonomous Systems
• Supporting light and dismounted infantry formations with unmanned
technology
• Optimising unmanned sensor and weapon platform
• Enhancing autonomous resupply capabilities
• Understanding how RAS technology will change how British infantry
operates
Lieutenant Colonel (ret’d) Rob OConnor, Director of Pardus Defence and
Security Ltd. and Former Commander of ITDU, British Army
13.00 Networking Lunch
MILITARY RESEARCH
14.00 Exploring Human-Machine Teaming (HMT) developments in the US
Marine Corps: Increasing Autonomy and Enhancing Troop Survivability
• Challenges in augmenting the autonomy of unmanned systems
• How maximising programming and data processing increases
intelligence gathering and sharing capabilities and enhances
situational awareness
• How robotic autonomous systems enhance troop survivability with IED
detection and neutralisation capabilities
• Future planned developments in human-machine teaming in the USMC
Dr. Bill Powers, Research Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies –
Centre for Emerging Threats and Opportunities
14.40 Robotic Technology in Use in the Current Geopolitical Landscape
• Russia has been steadily developing a variety of unmanned ground
vehicles (UGVs) for its military
• Currently, the Russian state is taking a more active role in overseeing
UGV development, testing, evaluation and acquisition
• Russia is using its UGVs as test beds for new and emerging technologies,
with potential repercussions for the NATO forces and their allies
Mr. Samuel Bendett, Associate Research Analyst, Center For Naval Analyses
15.20 Afternoon Tea
DEFENCE RESEARCH PANEL
15.50 Creating Future UGVS Through Cutting Edge Research and Testing
• Utilising AI to increase autonomy in robotic systems
• Achieving full interoperability among autonomous systems and
between manned and unmanned technologies
• Challenges of manned-unmanned cooperation
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection,
Defence Equipment and Support, British Army
Dr. Andre Pettersen, Research Manager, Norwegian Defence Research
Establishment
Dr. Robert W. Sadowski, Robotics Senior Research Scientist, TARDEC,
US Army
Dr. Stuart Young, Head of Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance,
US Army Research Laboratory
Dr. Bill Powers, Research Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies –
Centre for Emerging Threats and Opportunities
ACADEMIC BRIEFINGS
16.30 Robots for Loco-Manipulation in Complex, Unstructured, Hazardous
Environments
• Legged robots (Quadruped and Humanoids)
• Complex terrain locomotion
• Teleoperated/semi-autonomous/autonomous manipulation
• Hazardous Environment Applications
Dr. Darwin Caldwell, Professor, Italian Institute of Technology
17.10 Exploiting Simulation and Gaming in Robotic and Autonomous Systems
Development
• Training and testing AI in games and simulations
• Challenges and opportunities of exploiting non-defence AI developments
• Towards the Optimum Human and Machine Blend
Mr. Andy Fawkes, Director, Thinke Company Ltd.
17.50 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two
Brigadier (ret’d) Ian Cameron-Mowat, Former Head of Force Protection,
Defence Equipment and Support, British Army

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5. Audience profile:
TheparticipantsofRoboticsandAutonomous
Systems 2018 will provide a wide range of
perspectives on the recent advancements
in autonomous and remotely piloted
systems supporting survivability, situational
awareness, lethality, Manoeuverability,
and sustainability in land operations. The
speakers and invited participants will be
carefully selected to bring together those
at the centre of the emerging land robotics
and autonomous systems developments,
showcasing operational experience, active
requirements, and future concepts for land
robotic platforms, and how they will impact
the way armed forces operate. The very
latest technology innovators and solution
providers will be present to share their
ground-breaking equipment with a captive
audience all looking to advance their
unmanned land capabilities and participate
in the debate on autonomous technologies.
The audience will include – but not be
limited to:
• Programme managers for robotics and
autonomous systems
• Lead engineers, autonomous systems
• Heads of land capability
• Senior scientists for land systems
• Chiefs of procurements and land
developments
• Key researchers in land technologies
developments
• Academics and robotic systems
technical experts
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