Skynet Week 1 H4D Stanford 2016
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The document outlines a project developing autonomous drones aimed at enhancing situational awareness in battlefield scenarios, with a focus on reducing fatalities by accurately identifying friendly and enemy forces. The team, consisting of experts in various fields, is validating hypotheses related to cognitive overload and situational awareness through interviews and experiments. Key goals include improving reconnaissance, increasing tactical awareness, and facilitating faster deployment of drones, with plans for field testing and eventual mass production.
Skynet Week 1 H4D Stanford 2016
- 1. Skynet Sam Gussman (creative generalist), Alvin Goh (hacker), Olga Musayev (project development), Kevin Mott (project manager) Mentors/Liasions: Steve Behmer, Ryan Blake, Mike Hard, Jooyong Lee, Wayne Chen, Brian CS # Interviewed this week: 10 (3 pending) # interviewed total: 10 Developing autonomous drones for situational awareness. Helping prevent battlefield fatalities by pinpointing friendly and enemy positions.
- 2. Meet the Team George Tirebiter Ralph Spoilsport Nick Danger Academic Program IPS 2017 MS&E 2016 Symbolic Systems 2016 JD 2017 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/ in/kevin-mott- 797931a9?trk=hp- identity-name https://www.linkedin.com/ in/chuehsien https://www.linkedin.com/ in/samuel-gussman- 143b6755 https://www.linkedin.com/in/o lga-musayev-21a87a28 Subject Matter Expert? Yes (AD Infantry Officer) No (Embedded Systems Engineer) No (UI/UX Design Software Engineer) No (Data Scientist and Lawyer) Role Product Development/Manager Hacker/ Embedded Systems Expert Creative Generalist + Designer Data scientist + Lawyer Experience Solving a Problem that Seemed Impossible - Deployed to Afghanistan as Company Commander - Developed reward program for IED turn ins after cash for IEDs program shut down. - Hacking android phones through WiFi to assess risks of a BYOD program in a defense organization - Re-engineered and built marine cage system to more easily harvest algae, decrease biofouling, and increase survivability in marine environment. - Created a tool for tech- averse publishers to easily and intuitively explore a million+ data point analysis of author similarities Clark Cable
- 3. Minimal Viable Product The DJI Phantom 3 Validating the pain points from the Value Propositions on our Mission Model Canvas. Cognitive load Situational awareness– where is everyone? Accessing inaccessible areas
- 4. Customer Discovery Hypotheses Customer pains revolve around 3 main things: 1) Cognitive overload from many sensory inputs 2) Difficulty establish accurate situational awareness 3) Inability to access areas due to danger or disaster Customer gains revolve around 3 main things: 1) Enabling reconnaissance in closed space 2) Increased tactical awareness 3) Fast deployment of drones Experiments Describe key features of our drone, and interviewed people about what their current pains are, and what improvements they would like to see. Results Most points of the hypotheses are validated. Points that were invalidated: 1) Haptic feedback is not recommended, as it is different to sense vibrations while moving/during combat 2) Video black box may be important, but we might still need another way of storing high fidelity mission data for future analysis Actions Test problem solution-fit: can drones alleviate pain and create gain?
- 5. Mission Model Canvas - Threat / Friendly detection using light / sound / motion / indicator / or marking -HCI - feedback mechanism Haptic = bad familiar = really important -Making system easy to use/learn/maintain - SOF, Rangers, AWG - Law Enforcement Agencies - Drone manufacturers (ex: DJI) - Haptic startups - Augmented Reality Visualization Companies (ex: Google Glass) - Primary: SOF elements and Ground Force Commanders - Secondary: Command elements at TOC/TAC -Tertiary: Search and Rescue teams -Enhance situational awareness - Drone becomes another set of eyes, frees up an operator. -Reduced risk to force- Drone goes so humans do not have to - video recording to facilitate AARs in training Live video feed -Low cost alternative to costly assets- frees up other assets in a resource constrained environment Minimize new load that needs to be carried - Reduces dependence on human capital -Improved situational awareness for small units in combat -Demand across SOF elements and requests for fielding from conventional units - Field test with one unit. Evaluate training method. - Expand field-tests to multiple units in same deployment context - With successful field tests, contract COTS vendors to mass produce. Fixed: - Equipment - drones, development toolkits, - Hapkit: Haptic Starter kit ($50 x 4) - Software design & engineering - Augmented reality hardware & software (equivalent of Google Glasses and relevant developer toolkits) Variable: - Costs of maintenance, updates, and training -Need current methods used to mark friendly forces - Rank and file soldiers, unit leaders, and commanders. - Support of an automated threat detection system - Military engineers to facilitate integration with systems Beneficiaries Mission AchievementMission Budget/Costs Buy-In/Support Deployment Value PropositionKey Activities Key Resources Key Partners - Drones w/ camera (provided by SOCOM) - Augmented Reality Visualizer with developer tools - Access to existing gear and standard equipment - Haptic Specialists to act as advisors - Hapkit - Drone pilots - Soldiers / team leaders
- 6. SkyNetUI: Value Proposition Canvas - Knowing the locations of friendly and enemy forces - Reduced ambiguity - seeing what you can’t see from the ground. Customer Jobs Shoot bad guys without getting shot - Cognitive overload from existing tools -Manpower losses SOF Elements Gains Pains Gain Creators Pain Relievers -Increased situational awareness on the battlefield - Reconnaissance of inaccessible places - Reduction of Cognitive Load through AR interface - Freeing up another soldier Products & Services Situationally aware drone with AR interface
- 7. SkyNetUI: Value Proposition Canvas - Real time situational overview - Drone assisted targeting - Sensors collect data to improve soldiers’ training Products & Services Autonomous drone with real time video feed Customer Jobs Prepare and debrief post- engagement -Not knowing what’s going on - Ambiguity over locations when coordinating with units on the ground Command Elements at TOC/TAC Gains Pains Gain Creators Pain Relievers - quickly respond to changing situations - ability to effectively target - Better training - Relaying combat action - Unambiguous, reliable targeting information
- 8. SkyNetUI: Value Proposition Canvas Products & Services -Drones deploy immediately, reducing strain on limited emergency resources (like helicopters) -Drones provides immediate aid (food/water) to trapped individuals Customer Jobs Search and rescue operations- Not able to access areas after disasters -Difficulty operating in tight spaces - Hazard to human rescuers Disaster SAR Gains Pains Gain Creators Pain Relievers -Fast response to disasters - Fast identification of trapped and at-risk persons -Efficient delivery of aid - Increased agility - Drones fly quickly through zones humans can’t go - using drones in unsafe zones prevents risking lives of rescuers Economical, low-cost search drone fleet