Urban search and rescue robots: from tragedy to technology

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Davids
Keyword(s):  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Urban Search And Rescue ◽  
Rescue Robots

A Hierarchically Structured Collective of Coordinating Mobile Robots Supervised by a Single Human

2014 ◽  
pp. 1142-1164
Author(s):  
Choon Yue Wong ◽  
Gerald Seet ◽  
Siang Kok Sim ◽  
Wee Ching Pang
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Cognitive Workload ◽  
Urban Search And Rescue ◽  
Robot System ◽  
Rescue Robots ◽  
Multiple Robot ◽  
Careful Management

Using a Single-Human Multiple-Robot System (SHMRS) to deploy rescue robots in Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) can induce high levels of cognitive workload and poor situation awareness. Yet, the provision of autonomous coordination between robots to alleviate cognitive workload and promote situation awareness must be made with careful management of limited robot computational and communication resources. Therefore, a technique for autonomous coordination using a hierarchically structured collective of robots has been devised to address these concerns. The technique calls for an Apex robot to perform most of the computation required for coordination, allowing Subordinate robots to be simpler computationally and to communicate with only the Apex robot instead of with many robots. This method has been integrated into a physical implementation of the SHMRS. As such, this chapter also presents practical components of the SHMRS including the robots used, the control station, and the graphical user interface.

scholarly journals Survey on Urban Search and Rescue Robots

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 582-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binoy Shah ◽  
Howie Choset
Keyword(s):  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Urban Search And Rescue ◽  
Rescue Robots

scholarly journals Towards Highly Reliable Autonomy for Urban Search and Rescue Robots

2015 ◽  
pp. 118-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Kohlbrecher ◽  
Florian Kunz ◽  
Dorothea Koert ◽  
Christian Rose ◽  
Paul Manns ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Urban Search And Rescue ◽  
Rescue Robots

scholarly journals Evaluating maps produced by urban search and rescue robots: lessons learned from RoboCup

2009 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Balaguer ◽  
Stephen Balakirsky ◽  
Stefano Carpin ◽  
Arnoud Visser
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Urban Search And Rescue ◽  
Rescue Robots

A Hierarchically Structured Collective of Coordinating Mobile Robots Supervised by a Single Human

2013 ◽  
pp. 162-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Choon Yue Wong ◽  
Gerald Seet ◽  
Siang Kok Sim ◽  
Wee Ching Pang
Keyword(s):  
User Interface ◽  
Graphical User Interface ◽  
Situation Awareness ◽  
Search And Rescue ◽  
Cognitive Workload ◽  
Urban Search And Rescue ◽  
Robot System ◽  
Rescue Robots ◽  
Multiple Robot ◽  
Careful Management

Using a Single-Human Multiple-Robot System (SHMRS) to deploy rescue robots in Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) can induce high levels of cognitive workload and poor situation awareness. Yet, the provision of autonomous coordination between robots to alleviate cognitive workload and promote situation awareness must be made with careful management of limited robot computational and communication resources. Therefore, a technique for autonomous coordination using a hierarchically structured collective of robots has been devised to address these concerns. The technique calls for an Apex robot to perform most of the computation required for coordination, allowing Subordinate robots to be simpler computationally and to communicate with only the Apex robot instead of with many robots. This method has been integrated into a physical implementation of the SHMRS. As such, this chapter also presents practical components of the SHMRS including the robots used, the control station, and the graphical user interface.

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