The long term objective of this class of SaR projects is to develop teams of heterogeneous robots
capable of aiding human teams, in order to increase the efficiency of rescue operations.
Each robot will be adequate to distinct environments (land, ground, water) and different tasks.
Their capability of being totally autonomous or partially operated from an remote operation
console is also a goal to achieve.
Some examples are:
A good coordination between the robots and other means such as geographical and geological information will provide
a quick and effective intervention after a disaster.
This project will continue the work of IST Rescue Project, introducing for the first time a robot capable of entering collapsed building, and finding victims. To achieve this it will have a set of sensors, namely:
The sensors will provide multiple streams of data (after an appropriated low level processing, if necessary), that will be delivered to an onboard computer. At this level, the information will be worked out to allow some autonomous behaviour by the robot. The transmission can be eitheir wireless or by cable. There will be a console for the remote operation, allowing a real time control over the robot, as well as direct video transmission from the robot.
The remote operation will be done in an operation console that will allow real time control over the robot, as well as direct video transmission from the robot.
The robot must fulfill the following specifications:
