{"id":17417,"date":"2021-08-04T16:40:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T16:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/04\/general-electric-robot-autonomously-navigates-uncharted-terrain-in-us-army-demo\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:39:57","slug":"general-electric-robot-autonomously-navigates-uncharted-terrain-in-us-army-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2021\/08\/04\/general-electric-robot-autonomously-navigates-uncharted-terrain-in-us-army-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"General Electric robot navigates uncharted terrain in US Army demo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2019\/02\/02\/general-electric-wins-517-million-contract-to-build-engines-for-armys-next-generation-helicopters\/\" target=\"_blank\">General Electric\u2019s <\/a>Research Lab <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=37OpI8dHTGU\" target=\"_blank\">set a little autonomous robot loose in a wooded course<\/a> in upstate New York in a demonstration for the U.S. Army, and the vehicle scooted quickly along, steering clear of downed branches, crunching over leaf piles and getting tripped up only once when it became wedged between two trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The robot paused, attempted a new path and thunked up against one of the trees. It stilled itself again for roughly 10 seconds, as if pondering how to get out of this pickle, then promptly backed up a little at an angle and squeezed through the narrow goal post of trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/2021\/03\/01\/who-will-lead-the-world-in-artificial-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence and autonomy<\/a> in the realm of self-driving cars has been easier in the commercial world where a large amount of data is available in terms of maps, roads, infrastructure, to plug into systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But where the Army often operates, there\u2019s almost none of that predictability.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/05\/10\/dirty-work-robots-take-on-complex-breach-as-army-evaluates-potential\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_4035.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Dirty work: Robots take on complex obstacles in US Army exercise<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Learning by doing, the Army is assessing how robots can be an asset on the battlefield.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing able to essentially go into a new space, assess where you are, what you are looking at, understanding the uncertainty with which you\u2019re operating under and then behaving accordingly is essentially what we\u2019re driving toward with the SARA program,\u201d John Lizzi, GE Research Lab\u2019s robotics and autonomy tech leader, told Defense News in an Aug. 3 interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SARA stands for Scalable Adaptive Resilient Autonomy Program, which is an Army effort to demonstrate \u201crisk-aware\u201d autonomous ground vehicles capable of navigating safely in complex, off-road test conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/04\/22\/us-army-picks-6-companies-to-tackle-how-to-power-electric-combat-vehicles-in-the-field\/\" target=\"_blank\">GE <\/a>was one of eight funded projects \u2014 with all the rest going to academia \u2014 by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in a path to get after autonomous vehicle navigation in complex terrain, where lessons learned and technology could affect next-generation combat vehicles from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/07\/23\/us-army-chooses-competitors-to-design-infantry-fighting-vehicle-replacement\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2021\/03\/17\/us-army-prepping-robotic-combat-vehicles-for-big-test-with-soldiers-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\">Robotic Combat Vehicle family.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GE has spent the last year developing technology within the Army-sponsored program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn future Army scenarios, autonomous systems will have to reliably plan in the presence of challenging features they encounter while maneuvering in complex terrain,\u201d Eric Spero, the Army\u2019s SARA program manager, said. \u201cIncorporating risk and uncertainty into the autonomy decision-making process enables our testbed platforms to show us what it looks like to plan a direct path instead of taking the long way around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using its \u201cHumble AI\u201d technology, which makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/artificial-intelligence\/2021\/06\/22\/pentagon-launches-artificial-intelligence-effort-to-prep-combatant-commands-for-jadc2\/\" target=\"_blank\">artificial intelligence<\/a> more human by programming into the robot a sense of its capabilities and limitations, GE was able to give the machine the ability to step back and assess uncertain situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The robot has the ability to decipher known and unknown paths when navigating; gathering information using camera data, LIDAR sensing capability, odometry and other measurements to make decisions on which way to go, Lizzi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2019\/09\/13\/getting-serious-about-armed-ground-robots\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/QinetiqTitan.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The US and its allies are getting serious about armed ground robots<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Are the U.S. Army and its partners comfortable with armed drones? Just look to the industry barometer.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humble AI has already been tested in the context of, for example, how to safely optimize the energy output of wind turbines. The AI may recognize certain wind patterns but if it encounters new wind forces or weather, it goes into safe mode while deciding how to respond to the new situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company\u2019s work on the AI technology, to include its development effort with the Army, aims to achieve decision-making at human speed or faster, Lizzi said. \u201cI think that is going to be absolutely critical.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These systems will also need to learn in the moment, he added. \u201cThe paradigm today is, I go out in the field, I collect a bunch of data, and then I program my system to function in that understood realm. 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