Study of efficiency of USAR operations with assistive technologiesShow others and affiliations
2013 (English)In: Advanced Robotics, ISSN 0169-1864, Vol. 27, no 5, p. 337-350Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This paper presents presents a study on eciency of Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) missions that has been carried out within the framework of the German research project I-LOV. After three years of development, first field tests have been carried out in 2011 by professionals such as the Rapid Deployment Unit for Salvage Operations Abroad (SEEBA). We present results from evaluating search teams in simulated USAR scenarios equipped with newly developed technical search means and digital data input terminals developed in the I-LOV project. In particular, USAR missions assisted by the “bioradar”, a ground-penetrating radar system for the detection of humanoid movements, a semi-active video probe of more than 10 m length for rubble pile exploration, a snake-like rescue robot, and the decision support system FRIEDAA were evaluated and compared with conventional USAR missions. Results of this evaluation indicate that the developed technologies represent an advantages for USAR missions, which are discussed in this paper.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. Vol. 27, no 5, p. 337-350
Keywords [en]
USAR, information management, technical search, radar, endoscope, emergency communications
National Category
Robotics Computer Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-80381DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2013.763723ISI: 000316662300004OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-80381DiVA, id: diva2:546676
Projects
Artificial Intelligence & Integrated Computer Systems
Funder
eLLIIT - The Linköping‐Lund Initiative on IT and Mobile Communications, 1025
Note
Funding Agencies|German Federal Ministry of Education and Research|13N9759|German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)||RIF e.V.||JT-electronic GmbH||carat robotic innovation GmbH||Berlin- Oberspree Sondermaschinenbau GmbH (BOS)||SEEBA||
2012-08-242012-08-242018-01-12Bibliographically approved