The goal of the Autonomous Navigation software is to demonstrate the ability of a mobile robot to autonomously navigate from a start point to a user specified end point while avoiding obstacles without a prior knowledge of terrain or path, and using only that information that it senses incrementally in real time. Beyond specifying the end point and the command to begin there will be no human in the loop. Polaris Sensor Technologies has developed and refined an algorithm that, given proper information about the robot’s surroundings and simple information about the robot in those surroundings, demonstrates autonomous navigation and obstacle avoidance at the same time. This demonstration will be independent of robotic platform, and will be relevant to any robotic platform.

Advantages
     - Blind navigation without GPS
     - Cul-De-Sac Extrication
     - Automatic Obstacle, Ditch, and Slope Hazard Avoidance
     - Input the coordinates of a goal and the coordinates of its starting point
     - Travels to the goal while avoiding obstacles over an undefined path
     - Makes use of 3D terrain mapping to select a saved path to goal point
     - Reduces the time and skill required by the soldier to perform