Patent ID: 8265800

Claim:
An unmanned vehicle message conversion system comprising: a first unmanned vehicle control interface that is configured to transmit messages, the messages having a standardization agreement 4586 messaging protocol; a second unmanned vehicle control interface that is configured to receive messages, the messages having a joint architecture for unmanned ground system messaging protocol; a message interpreter, wherein the message interpreter includes a reflex driver and a message mapping driver, wherein the reflex driver is operable to modify messages to be transmitted from the message mapping driver to the second unmanned vehicle control interface based on a sensor measurement, and wherein the message interpreter is coupled between the first unmanned vehicle control interface and the second unmanned vehicle control interface, and the message interpreter is operable to: receive at least one first message including a desired action from the first unmanned vehicle control interface; convert the at least one first message to at least one second message, the at least one second message having the joint architecture for unmanned ground system messaging protocol; modify the second message, using the reflex driver, to a modified message; and transmit the modified message to the second unmanned vehicle control interface.