Using directional antennas as sensors to assist fire-fighting robots in large scale fires

Abstract

Humans will replace human labor with new robotics technologies, especially where humans can be placed in danger situations or task domains. Evolving sensor and robotic technologies allow the transfer of humans from mundane, dangerous or difficult tasks, leaving robots to apply their specific capabilities to replace human's daily routines or hazardous tasks. Commonly, humans work in teams to resolve difficult scenarios, such as the aftermath of some natural or man-made disaster. Communication between each and every team member is critical to resolve relief efforts or remediation, in most disasters. This research presents robotic technology developed to remediate the long lead time to re-establish or develop network infrastructure in the case of a disaster situation. The specific application and test domain of this research, is with fire fighting.