AST 'CHAMPIONS' Edition December 2017 Digital-Dec2

Volume 18 This concept is nothing new, but our approach must be. Society’s advances bring with them increasing threats and vulnerabilities. December 2017 Edition They were willing to work through tedious opera- tions, image quality issues and distance limita- tions all for the preservation of human life. The more sophisticated we become, the more apt wrongdoers are to turn that know-how to their agenda. We would be remiss to ignore this fact. Instead, we should use technology to safeguard every place we call home. A good start is to better protect those on the front- line of protecting us. Shouldering the majority of responsibility are se- curity guards, law enforcement, and the military. Augmenting their efforts to include robotics is what Sharp is doing with our Sharp INTELLOS Automated Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV). Michael Madsen, AST Publisher, Cliff Quiroga, Vice Presi- dent for Sharp Robotics Business Development, and the team’s Director of Marketing, Alice DiSanto, showcasing the Sharp INTELLOS A-UGV at the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program at ISC East Evolving to our autonomous platform, manpower is no longer reliant on hand-held controls to con- duct outdoor surveillance missions or incident response. The Sharp INTELLOS A-UGV and the robust video, audio and environmental data collected is transmitted through an encrypted wireless net- work and can be used for preventative, reactive and predictive purposes. (The journey to develop the Sharp INELLOS A-UGV traveled on a path paved with these concepts: Best-in-class. Original. Technology. Reliability. Security. Engineering. Excellence. In- novation. Quality. Responsibility. From first thought to market unveil, Sharp Electronics has maintained clear focus to de- liver robotic technology that could be applied in a positive way to improve security and in turn the world by helping people be safer. Courtesy of Sharp INTELLOS and YouTube) Though perhaps not as overt in robotic use, prof- itability and productivity goals have made the pri- vate sector believers in automation. Law enforcement and the military have been us- ing robots for decades, though the operation has been mostly remote control. Bomb units and tactical teams learned early on the benefits of sending machines rather than hu- mans into dangerous situations. ( Hear from Cliff Quiroga, VP of Robotics Business Develop- ment at Sharp Electronics, to Learn More) 49

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