William Smuda,1 Lonnie Aaron Freiburger,1 Grant R. Gerhart,2 Lawrence Mallon3
1U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Ctr. (United States) 2U.S. Army Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Ctr. (United States) 3California State University (United States)
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The capacity through the use of robots with on board visual, NBC and HAZMAT sensors to rapidly and continuously screen convoys and staged exposed assets would be a force multiplier and measurably improve base and force protection at both inbound and outbound DOD and commercial facilities. This paper chronicles our experiment with the ODIS robot at the Ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach (POLB) in July of 2003. POLA & POLB are responsible for moving over 30% of the United States trade goods. Queues of 54’ container trucks routinely exceed 100 trucks, extending for over a mile from the port entrances. Spotted equipment and convoys at staging areas are a high visibility and value assets to a terrorist incident. The POLA/POLB scenario is also representative of TRANSCOM operations at the port of Basra during current operation in Iraq. The California Highway Patrol is responsible for physically inspecting these vehicles for roadworthiness and contraband, a dangerous and dirty job. We will also discuss the use of ODIS robots for this task.
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William Smuda, Lonnie Aaron Freiburger, Grant R. Gerhart, Lawrence Mallon, "Robotics for port security," Proc. SPIE 5422, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology VI, (2 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.553012