Proceedings of the Workshop on Power Sources for Distributed Autonomous Systems

摘要

The Workshop on Power Sources for Distributed Autonomous Systems was held on 23-24 February 2004 at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. The purpose was to explore optimization, utilization, and integration of power and energy sources to enable new and high-value DoD distributed autonomous systems capabilities. Four central consensus conclusions emerged. The realization of future and high-value Department of Defense (DoD) distributed autonomous systems capabilities will require significant focus on power integration. All components of autonomous systems, including power and energy sources, should be considered at design inception and carried through fruition in a concerted effort. Current availability of capable miniature/low-power sensors, communications hardware, data storage and processing tools, platform mobility elements, energy and power awareness, and R AND D-oriented systems design provides an expeditious opportunity to achieve new and useful distributed autonomous systems capabilities. Highest likelihood for success is by means of enfranchising multiple small, applications driven, interdisciplinary development teams of scientists, engineers and DoD customers.