The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and Overland AI have joined together to demonstrate autonomous resupply and wildfire logistics, as well as fire suppression efforts via pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera, for wildfire operations at Camp Pendleton, California. Two of Overland AI’s ULTRA vehicles, a fully autonomous ground platform with off-road maneuverability and modular payloads were piloted by OverDrive, the company’s autonomy software. Overland AI also integrated a variety of payloads to deliver continuous situational awareness and increase productivity with autonomous resupply. These payloads included the PTZ camera along with mission packages designed to deliver food, water, hose, batteries and other critical equipment to remote fire lines. In a coordinated mission, the ULTRA platforms autonomously delivered supplies across austere terrain and established persistent overwatch. The vehicles then repositioned to elevated ground to support future communications relay needs. Together, these unmanned ground vehicles demonstrated autonomous logistics and mobile situational awareness payloads as complementary capabilities that increase support to operations at the fire line. Overland AI has worked closely with government agencies to shape how ground autonomy can meet operational demands, delivering autonomous platforms that adapt to mission requirements rather than asking those agencies to conform to rigid technology.

Full report : Byron Boots, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Overland AI said that its ULTRA continues to show how autonomous land systems can strengthen missions from national defense to critical public safety.

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