{"id":77287,"date":"2018-03-30T14:02:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T21:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/offset-sprinters-to-pursue-state-of-the-art-solutions-for-second-swarm-sprint"},"modified":"2018-04-03T12:12:29","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T19:12:29","slug":"offset-sprinters-to-pursue-state-of-the-art-solutions-for-second-swarm-sprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/offset-sprinters-to-pursue-state-of-the-art-solutions-for-second-swarm-sprint","title":{"rendered":"OFFSET \u201cSprinters\u201d to Pursue State-of-the-art Solutions for Second Swarm Sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9RfzvMnrDGM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>DARPA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/program\/offensive-swarm-enabled-tactics\">OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET)<\/a> program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and\/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 robots or more to accomplish diverse missions in complex urban environments. By leveraging and combining emerging technologies in swarm autonomy and human-swarm teaming, the program seeks to enable rapid development and deployment of breakthrough swarm capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>To continue the rapid pace and further advance the technology development of OFFSET, DARPA is soliciting proposals for the second \u201cswarm sprint.\u201d Each of the five core \u201csprints\u201d focuses on one of the key thrust areas: Swarm Tactics, Swarm Autonomy, Human-Swarm Team, Virtual Environment, and Physical Testbed. This second group of \u201cSwarm Sprinters\u201d will have the opportunity to work with one or both of the OFFSET Swarm Systems Integrator teams to develop and assess tactics as well as algorithms to enhance autonomy.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/news-events\/2018-03-30\">https:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/news-events\/2018&#45;03&#45;30<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DARPA\u2019s OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program envisions future small-unit infantry forces using small unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) and\/or small unmanned ground systems (UGSs) in swarms of 250 robots or more to accomplish diverse missions in complex urban environments. By leveraging and combining emerging technologies in swarm autonomy and human-swarm teaming, the program seeks to enable [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,6,1491,1879],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-science","category-robotics-ai","category-transportation","category-virtual-reality"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77449,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77287\/revisions\/77449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}