ACEi’s recent experience in developing morphing tracked vehicles has established ACEi in a unique and qualified position to fully embrace the complexities and rigid performance requirements of the user.

The requirements for the Novel Unmanned Ground Vehicle (NUGV) are similar to the Soldier Unmanned Ground Vehicle (SUGV) for the mobility unit capability and weight. ACEi’s requirements analysis of the NUGV determined that a vehicle could change conformation by adding additional degrees of freedom, could enhance the capabilities and meet the NUGV mobility objectives. ACEi’s design of the NUGV exceeded Navy SPAWAR expectations. The NUGV has demonstrated capabilities of climbing stairs, mounting obstacles over 16 inches high, climbing and descending inclines over 47 degrees, traversing inclines over 35 degrees, and operational endurance.

As developed by ACEi and incorporated in the SPAWAR NUGV design, the SUGV is a combination of integrated modular “plug-and-play” subsystems. Each subsystem is an intelligent self-contained system requiring no hardwired connections to function and operate. ACEi developed a deterministic RF local network that allows each modular self-contained “plug-and-play” subsystem to communicate. This technology will be applied to the next generation SUGV for Pod to Pod and Mission Payload Module Communication.

 

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