USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN COMBAT GROUND VEHICLES

Abstract

Article contain the investigation of the modern artificial intelligence models level, characteristics of combat and military artificial intelligence, elements of equipment and software for creating and training the artificial intelligence, highlights the facts of using the artificial intelligence for solving strategic and tactical tasks, modern examples of the ground military robotics with parts of artificial intelligence and the lethal autonomous systems are discussed. The analysis of application the equipment with artificial intelligence for the Oshkosh truck autonomous piloting, developed by the Robotic Research company for the ExLF program (US DoD) was performed. The using of artificial intelligence elements in robotic ground combat platforms created by Pratt & Miller (Oshkosh Defense, USA), General Dynamics Land System (USA), Hanwha (South Korea), Howe & Howe Technologies (Textron Systems, USA), Rheinmetall (Germany), Milrem (Estonia) are shown. The application experience of lethal autonomous systems with artificial intelligence from the Samsung Techwin and doDaam (South Korea), Rafael (Israel) was carry out. An example of solving tasks combination: autonomous driving and target search in the AbramsX and StrykerX demonstrators created by General Dynamics Land Systems was analyzed. The requirements to adapt civilian artificial intelligence equipment for military tasks are substantiated. General requirements for integration of artificial intelligence elements in the chassis and fight module for ground vehicles are formulated. The example of the artificial intelligence kit for armored personnel carrier is proposed and the basic algorithms of the autopilot logistics system and fight module are discussed. The example integration of the artificial intelligence kit into the 8x8 armored personnel carrier is substantiated; a scheme of remote interaction of an autonomous vehicle equipped with artificial intelligence controlled by the human is given.