# Cognitive Autonomous Escort Architecture Using ROS 2 and Dual-Camera Semantic Perception

Project: Apollo ARGUS (MF-2026-11)  
Status: title and abstract working draft; not submitted or accepted  
Authorship and venue: unassigned pending contribution and editorial review

## Abstract

Apollo ARGUS investigates cognitive autonomous escort architecture using ROS 2 and dual-camera semantic perception. The proposed study frames the system around traceable data preparation, model or rule selection, measurable evaluation and responsible human review. The final manuscript will report only results reproduced from the approved repository and project evidence package.

## Keywords

ROS 2; Robotics; Computer Vision; explainability; reproducibility; responsible AI

## 1. Introduction

Frame the domain problem, affected users, research gap and contribution. Do not describe a feature as novel until related-work review supports the statement.

## 2. Related work

Placeholder for peer-reviewed and authoritative sources. Each source must be recorded with DOI or stable URL, relevance note and the exact claim it supports.

## 3. Methodology

Document data acquisition, preprocessing, feature design, algorithm or system selection, baselines, train/validation/test strategy, cross-validation where appropriate, hyperparameters, stopping criteria and reproducibility controls.

## 4. Experiments

Pending verified experiment protocol. Pre-register research questions, comparison baselines, metrics, hardware/software environment and ablation plan before reporting results.

## 5. Results and discussion

Pending reproducible evidence. Negative and inconclusive results must be preserved alongside successful runs.

## 6. Limitations and responsible use

Current engineering limitation: ROS 2, CMake and Gazebo were unavailable on the audit host, so the robotics build was not proven.

Document failure modes, bias, privacy, security, human oversight and conditions in which the system must not be used.

## 7. Conclusion and future work

Pending evidence review. Capstone development may extend the system after the current technical gate is cleared: Reproduce with the team’s declared ROS/Gazebo versions and known-good run command.

## References

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## Reproducibility statement

Current verified outcome: A ROS-style robotics workspace and multimodal implementation were observed.