English village to be invaded in spybot competition英語村被入侵，在Spybot的競爭
By Ceri Perkins | A village in south-west England will shortly be swarming with robots competing to show off their surveillance skills.由ceri帕金斯|一村在西南方的英格蘭將在短期內湧入與機器人的競爭，以炫耀他們的監視技能。 The event is the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) answer to the US該活動是英國國防部的（按付款當日價格計算）的答案，美國 DARPA Grand Challenge that set robotic cars DARPA的大挑戰，一套機器人車 against one another to encourage advances in autonomous vehicles.對一的另一個進展，以鼓勵在自治區的車輛。
The MoD Grand Challenge is instead designed to boost development of teams of small robots able to scout out hidden dangers in hostile urban areas.國防部大的挑戰，是不是旨在推動發展的隊小機器人能夠偵察出的隱患在敵對城市地區。
Over 10 days in August, 11 teams of robots will compete to locate and identify four different threats hidden around a mock East German village used for urban warfare training, at Copehill Down, Wiltshire (see image, top right).超過10天，在8月， 11隊的機器人將競爭，以找到並查明四種不同的威脅隱藏靠近模擬東德的村用於城市戰訓練，在copehill下來，威爾特郡（見形象，右上方） 。
The robots must find snipers, armed vehicles, armed foot soldiers, and improvised explosive devices hidden around the village, and relay a real-time picture of what is happening back to a command post.機器人必須找到狙擊手，武裝車輛，武裝步兵，和簡易爆炸裝置隱藏村周圍，和中繼實時時間的圖片發生什麼事，回到一個指揮所。
Urban hazards市區的危害
The robots will need to negotiate the complexity of an urban environment to find the threats.該機器人將需要談判的複雜性城市環境找到的威脅。 Hazards include unfamiliar terrain and buildings, trees, near-invisible overhead wires and other urban clutter.危害包括陌生的地形和建築物，樹木，近無形的架空電線和其他城市的雜波。
Teams will earn points based on how many threats they locate in one hour, and how autonomous they are.小組將賺取點的基礎上有多少威脅，他們找到在一小時內，以及如何自主他們。 For example, a team will lose points if they use remote control to direct their vehicles at any stage of the trial.例如，一個團隊將失分，如果他們使用的遙控器，直接他們的車輛在任何階段的審判。
The teams that score highest will be rewarded with the potential of a lucrative contract with the MoD, which hopes to see the best ideas rapidly developed to the point they can be deployed by UK forces in places such as Afghanistan and southern Iraq.球隊評分最高將獎勵與潛在的一個利潤豐厚的合同，與按付款當日價格計算，希望看到最好的想法迅速發展到一點，他們可以被派往英國勢力在地方，例如阿富汗和伊拉克南部。
“We are in no doubt that this is a difficult challenge,” says Grand Challenge programme leader, Andy Wallace. “我們是在毫無疑問，這是一項困難的挑戰，說： ”大挑戰計劃的領導人，安迪華萊士。
Software control軟件控制
Of the 23 initial entries from teams made up of private companies and universities, 11 were selected to take part in the final, with six thought promising enough to receive MoD funding.在23最初的作品，從隊成立的私人公司和大學， 11人獲選參加在最後，與6大有希望的思想不夠收到按付款當日價格計算的資金。
One funded team, the 1資助的工作隊， Stellar Consortium恆星財團 , uses two aerial robots and one ground-based one. ，採用了兩個空中機器人和一個地面為基礎的1 。
A 3m wing-span unmanned air vehicle (UAV) will fly 65 metres above the village and use cameras to gather wide-area surveillance used by software to direct a smaller, 1m UAV flying at 20 metres, and an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), (see image, middle right). 1三米永大跨度無人機（無人機）將飛赴65米以上的村和使用攝影機，以蒐集廣泛的領域監察所使用的軟件直接較小， 1米無人機飛行了20米和1無人地面車輛（ ugv ） ， （見形象，中，右） 。
Those two vehicles use thermal, visual, and radar sensors to make more detailed observations that can be reported back to the base station.那些兩車使用的熱，視覺，和雷達傳感器，作出更詳細的觀察，可以報回基地台。
“Physically, the vehicles all have to be launched by someone,” explains Julia Richardson, Director of Stellar Research, “but after that, the mission-planning software hosted at the ground station takes full control.” “身體上，車輛都必須有人發起的， ”解釋的Julia理查森，主任恆星的研究“ ，但之後，任務規劃軟件，設在地面站充分控制” 。
Owl swarm貓頭鷹群
A team called一組所謂的 Swarm Systems群系統 uses more robots.使用更多的機器人。 “We need to gather as much sensory information as possible,” says team leader Stephen Crampton, “so we’re using eight vehicles. “我們需要多地收集感覺信息，盡可能說： ”隊長斯蒂芬crampton ， “因此，我們正在使用的八部車輛。 And we’re going by air because it gives you more viewing angles.”我們正在準備由空氣，因為它帶給你更多的視角“ 。
Dubbed “Owls”, their battery-powered, Frisbee-sized vehicles weigh under a kilogram and have four small propellers (see image, right).被稱為“貓頭鷹” ，他們的電池供電，飛盤大小的車輛權衡下公斤，並有4個小型螺旋槳（見形象，右） 。 Able to hover and dart like birds, they are GPS-guided and communicate with one another, and the base station, using Wi-Fi.能懸停和飛鏢一樣，鳥類，他們是全球定位系統制導和互相溝通，和基地台，利用Wi - Fi 。 Each Owl carries a trio of 5 megapixel cameras.每個貓頭鷹進行了三款500萬像素相機。
“Without giving too much away, the processing power on board each of these vehicles is pretty impressive,” adds Crampton. “沒有給予太多的距離，處理能力在船上的每個這些車輛是相當令人印象深刻，補充說： ” crampton 。 “They could run full-blown Windows Vista.” “他們可以運行，充分吹的Windows Vista ” 。
User-friendly tech用戶友好的高新技術
A third team,第三隊， Silicon Valley矽谷 , has opted to rely less heavily on autonomous vehicles. ，選擇了較少依賴大量的自主車輛。 They have used off-the-shelf technology for the hardware as much as possible, and focused more development onto image recognition and analysis software.他們用小康-現成的技術硬件，盡可能多地，並集中更多的發展上的圖像識別和分析軟件。
“If you can automate that part, then you have a useful tool,” explains team leader, Norman Gregory. “如果你能自動化的一部分，那麼你有一個有用的工具， ”解釋組長，諾曼格雷戈里。 “What we intend to do is deploy various platforms, depending on what the scenario is.” “我們打算做的是部署各種平台，視乎什麼情況是” 。
The team will use a mixture of ground and air-based vehicles, although the team is not yet releasing the exact details.該小組將使用混合了地面和空中為基礎的車輛，儘管該小組尚未公佈具體細節。 The main ground vehicle is the size of a ride-on lawnmower (see image, bottom right) and can be GPS-guided or remotely directed by a human.主要的地面車輛的大小乘坐-關於割草機（見形象，右下）和全球定位系統可以引導或遠程的指示，一個人。
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