Pub Date : 2005-06-06DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2005.1501261
Y. Chiu, N. Shiroma, H. Igarashi, N. Sato, M. Inami, F. Matsuno
Rescue robots are expected to become useful work partners for urban search and rescue (USAR) missions. Human rescuers who carry out these missions, frequently enter dangerous zones to search for survivors. However, due to the unstableness of the collapsed buildings or objects, rescuers' lives may also be threatened. For this reason, in order to reduce life-threatening risks, rescue robots can be deployed to carry out the job instead. Rescuers can now operate the robots at a safe distance while the missions are carried out. After the robots have gathered enough information in regard to the location of the victims and data about their physical conditions, rescuers can then enter the disaster site with enough knowledge to avoid harm and to rescue victims in the shortest time possible. This paper presents a wheel-type rescue robot we have developed for information collection purpose at disaster arenas that the robot was specifically designed for.
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Pub Date : 2005-06-06DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2005.1501254
R. Bostelman, T. Hong, R. Madhavan, B. Weiss
Urban search and rescue (USAR) operations can be extremely dangerous for human rescuers during disaster response. Human task forces carrying necessary tools and equipment and having the required skills and techniques, are deployed for the rescue of victims of structural collapse. Instead of sending human rescuers into such dangerous structures, it is hoped that robots will one day meet the requirements to perform such tasks so that rescuers are not at risk of being hurt or worse. Recently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, created reference test arenas that simulate collapsed structures for evaluating the performance of autonomous mobile robots performing USAR tasks. At the same time, the NIST Industrial Autonomous Vehicles Project has been studying advanced 3D range sensors for improved robot safety in warehouses and manufacturing environments. Combined applications are discussed in this paper where advanced 3D range sensors also show promise during USAR operations toward improved robot performance in collapsed structure navigation and rescue operations.
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Pub Date : 2005-06-06DOI: 10.1109/SSRR.2005.1501270
Andrea Carbone, Alberto Finzi, Andrea Orlandini, F. Pirri, G. Ugazio
We present a model-based approach to the execution and control of an autonomous system, based on flexible behaviours, and supporting a novel view of human-robot interaction. The well-known RoboCup rescue competition is also discussed and presented as a special case for testing human-robot interaction architectures. The activities of the system, according to the components performing them, are modeled as flexible behaviours and are executed according to different modalities, such as fully operated, supervised, fully autonomous. We finally discuss the implementation and tests done both during the contests and in the laboratory, to show performances according to the different modalities.
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