Design and Implementation of a Mobile Search and Rescue Robot

Published in Proceedings of Proceedings of the Joint Austrian Computer Vision and Robotics Workshop 2020, 2020

Abstract: For public emergencies such as nuclear accidents or natural disasters, an urgent and reliable description as well as an evaluation of the environ- ment form the basis of all organized search and res- cue (S&R) team plans and actions. If this informa- tion is not available the risks for the rescue services increases dramatically. Mobile robots help to mini- mize these risks by providing information about the disaster site to rescue teams. This paper discusses the needs and requirements of mobile robots in S&R application areas such as nu- clear disasters and evaluates results achieved during the ENRICH 2019 trial based on the system architec- ture of the mobile S&R robot ”Robbie” of UAS Tech- nikum Vienna. The successful participation of the ENRICH 2019 show that the mobile robot is capa- ble of performing S&R actions during emergencies.

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@inproceedings{Novotny2020,
  author    = {Georg A Novotny and Wilfried Kubinger},
  city      = {Graz},
  doi       = {10.3217/978-3-85125-752-6-06},
  editor    = {Peter M. Roth and Gerald Steinbauer and Friedrich Fraundorfer and Mathias Brandstötter and Roland Perko},
  isbn      = {5125752606},
  journal   = {Proceedings of the Joint Austrian Computer Vision and Robotics Workshop 2020},
  pages     = {21-26},
  publisher = {Verlag der Technischen Universit{\"a}t Graz},
  title     = {Design and Implementation of a Mobile Search and Rescue Robot},
  year      = {2020}
}

Recommended citation: Novotny, G. A., & Kubinger, W. (2020). Design and Implementation of a Mobile Search and Rescue Robot. In P. M. Roth, G. Steinbauer, F. Fraundorfer, M. Brandstötter, & R. Perko (Eds.), Proceedings of the Joint Austrian Computer Vision and Robotics Workshop 2020 (pp. 21–26). Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz. https://doi.org/10.3217/978-3-85125-752-6-06