Navy Applications Q&A Session

SeeByte US has been supporting the MK 18 program, integrating the commercial collaborative autonomy. SeeByte US has also been partnering with small businesses as an SBIR subcontractor, mainly to increase the level of autonomy of the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMS). This talk will give an overview of the levels of autonomy and how advanced sensor processing is applied to increase the capability of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) and Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). There are three Naval application examples that will be discussed. The first will be a real-world demonstration using MK 18 Mod2 UUVs for Mine Counter Measure (MCM). The second is a simulation of feature-based navigation and the third is a discussion on using small class ROVs for Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) intervention tasks. The talk concludes on what is needed to help advanced sensor processing algorithms using Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision to increase levels of autonomy.

Increasing Levels of Autonomy Through Advanced Sensor Processing

Casey Sapp with VRTUL (www.VRTUL.co) will discuss his ROV client’s recent successes using VRTUL’s AR/VR teleoperations platform to reduce the burden on operators. By utilizing a combination of Unreal Engine and AR/VR headsets VRTUL is rapidly enabling ROV pilots to perform complex tasks at full ocean depth, and concurrently building photorealistic synthetic simulations to better train ROVs to perform autonomous tasks on their own. Leverett Bezanson with Seebyte will highlight some of the software architecture involved for high speed RL, simulation, and an AI/ML roadmap to fully unsupervised ROV autonomy.

VRTUL and SeeByte have partnered on two SBIRs for the USN dealing with AI and ML as it applies to maritime robotics command and control. Specifically, those SBIRs are “N192-099 3D Visualization Capability for Fleet Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs)” and “N202-133 Multimodal Interaction Technologies to Support Small Unit Leaders”. This talk will discuss the transition of these two efforts to the fleet and how they complement each other through the use of AI and ML. 

Casey Sapp is CEO of VRTUL (Virtual Reality Technology Underwater Limited) focused on underwater AR/VR technology solutions. VRTUL's clients include the Navy, BBC, OceanX, National Geographic, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and many others in need of high performing underwater multi-camera arrays.

Leverett Bezanson is the Engineering manager for the SeeByte US office. Leverett Leads all of the U.S. based engineering efforts. SeeByte is involved in many ongoing Office of Naval Research, JIEDDO, and Naval Sea and Air Systems Command projects, as well as the US Navy EOD MK 18 Family of Systems Program of Record. SeeByte also has commercial presence in the offshore oil and gas industry and has achieved some significant milestones and firsts in autonomous platform operations, pipeline, and cable tracking. The US office is responsible for much of the development, testing and integration of cutting-edge Autonomy, AI, and ML software for the maritime industry.

ROV VR and High Speed Reinforcement Learning

**Moderator:** Mark Dalton

**Speakers:**

[David Alvord](https://www.underline.io/speakers/77542-david-alvord)

[Leverett Bezanson](https://www.underline.io/speakers/77568-leverett-bezanson)

[Erin Hansen](https://www.underline.io/speakers/77546-erin-hansen)

[John Kelly](https://www.underline.io/speakers/77558-john-kelly)

Navy Applications

live discussion

Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific is partnering with AFCEA San Diego chapter to host the workshop.

The NAML workshop is an opportunity for researchers from Navy research and development centers and our partner organizations to exchange technical ideas and to come together as a team.

The goals of NAML are:

* To spread awareness of current machine learning research relevant to Naval applications

* To connect machine learning researchers with experts in military requirements

* To build and strengthen collaborations within the defense research community

**Watch this video to hear about the AFCEA purpose.**

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NAML 2021

technical paper


Group Q&A and panel discussion with authors of talks on Autonomy and Edge Computing

**Moderator:** [Michael Tall](https://www.underline.io/speakers/74376-mike-tall)

**Speakers:**  

[Richard Yang ](https://www.underline.io/speakers/80728-richard-yang)

[Ruriko Yoshida ](https://www.underline.io/speakers/77576-ruriko-yoshida)

[Casey Sapp](https://www.underline.io/speakers/74322-casey-sapp)

[Brad Walls](https://www.underline.io/speakers/77594-brad-walls)

[Alisha Sharma](https://www.underline.io/speakers/77588-alisha-sharma)

[Maj. Larry Wigington](https://www.underline.io/speakers/77627-maj.-larry-wigington)

[Douglas Horner](https://www.underline.io/speakers/81600-douglas-horner)


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