Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue

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Author
Cachia, Andrea
Huda, M. Nazmul
Liu, Pengcheng
Saha, Chitta
Tickle, Andrew
Arvanitakis, John
Aziz, Syed Mahfuzul
Date
2019-07-17Acceptance date
2019-04-04
Type
Conference paper
Publisher
Springer
ISSN
0302-9743
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Search and Rescue robotics is a relatively new field of research, which is growing rapidly as new technologies emerge. However, the robots that are usually applied to the field are generally small and have limited functionality, and almost all of them rely on direct control from a local operator. In this paper, a novel wheeled Search and Rescue robot is proposed which considers new methods of controlling the robot, including using a wireless “tether” in place of a conventional physical one. A prototype is then built which acts as a proof of concept of the robot design and wireless control. The prototype robot is then evaluated to prove its mobility, wireless control and multi-hop networking. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design incorporating the rocker-bogie suspension system and the multi-hop method of “wireless tethering”.
Journal/conference proceeding
Lecture Notes in Computer Science;
Citation
Cachia, A., Huda, M.N., Liu, P., Saha, C., Tickle, A., Arvanitakis, J. and Aziz, S.M. (2019) Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue. In: Althoefer K., Konstantinova J., Zhang K. (eds) Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. TAROS 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11650. Springer, Cham. pp. 370-382
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Conference paper published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science volume 11650, available at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_32
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Cardiff Metropolitan University (Grant ID: Cardiff Metropolian (Internal))
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