RFID Used in Mobile Detection Assessment Response System (MDARS)

The Mobile Detection Assessment Response System (MDARS) is a joint Army-Navy effort to develop and automate robotic security and inventory assessment capabilities for use in government storage facilities. The MDARS system consists of a command and control console running the Multiple Robot Host Architecture (MRHA) controlling up to 32 interior and/or exterior robotic platforms. The Product Assessment System has been developed by the Naval Command Control and Ocean Surveillance Center (NCCOSC) as part of the MRHA to track the locations of selected items in the warehouse inventory. Specialized interactive RFID transponder tags are placed on high-value or sensitive items. The tags, each with a unique identification number (Tag ID), and their physical locations are monitored by a Tag Reader Computer mounted on each robot. Information on Tag IDs and locations are uploaded from the remote platforms to a database server via the MRHA. This paper discusses the design and developmental testing of the MDARS Product Assessment System in an operational warehouse environment at Camp Elliott in San Diego, California.

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