meyer@manta.NOSC.MIL (Kathi L. Meyer) (06/12/90)
ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DATABASE --------------------------------------------- Abstract -------- Naval Ocean Systems Center (NOSC) in San Diego has developed a Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Database (RAID) which is fully operational and available to authorized users. The objectives of RAID are to serve as a centralized knowledge base for government sponsored robotics and Artificial Intelligence projects, to promote coordination of effort and technology transfer in all branches of government and to serve as an analytical tool for identification of critical research areas. The database is accessible on-line to authorized users nationwide via the MILNET/DDN. Data for RAID is collected from a variety of sources including Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), technical conferences and workshops, Principal Investigators of projects, periodicals, etc. RAID allows users to search the database in several different ways, to obtain information on robotics and AI workshops or conferences to be held anywhere in the world, to provide the name and telephone number of the project point-of-contact, to retrieve areas of expertise of a Principal Investigator, to read robotics and AI related news on-line, to send announcements to multiple users electronically, or to print reports. RAID is capable of supporting users by identifying the expertise of different government agencies and thus helping two or more agencies with complementary expertise to come together to work on a joint project, through identification of common areas for tri-service research, in the preparation of the AI Master Plan for the services, and by helping reduce the duplication of effort between different government agencies (or within the same agency). To become a RAID user the individual must be a government employee or a government contractor. There is no charge to authorized RAID users. For further information contact Mike Dwyer, NOSC Code 936, (619) 553-5308, dwyer@nosc.mil or Kathi Meyer, Computer Sciences Corporation (619) 225-2548, meyer@nosc.mil .