USAR competitions for physically situated robots

Robot competitions enhance search and rescue technology while raising awareness and attracting funds. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) is a branch of rescue that concentrates on victim detection and removal from man-made structures, such as collapsed buildings after an earthquake. This is in contrast...

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Published in:IEEE robotics & automation magazine 2002-09, Vol.9 (3), p.26-33
Main Authors: Osuka, K., Murphy, R., Schultz, A.C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Cities and towns
Communities
Competition
Computer science
control theory
systems
Control theory. Systems
Earthquake construction
Earthquakes
Educational institutions
Educational robots
Exact sciences and technology
Intelligent robots
Mobile robots
Open spaces
Orbital robotics
Robot sensing systems
Robotics
Robots
Searching
Seismic phenomena
Unmanned aerial vehicles
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Summary:Robot competitions enhance search and rescue technology while raising awareness and attracting funds. Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) is a branch of rescue that concentrates on victim detection and removal from man-made structures, such as collapsed buildings after an earthquake. This is in contrast to the other branch of rescue, wilderness rescue, that concerns people lost in open spaces. Recent advances in robotics platforms and intelligent software, combined with the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in the United earthquake in Japan, followed by earthquakes in Taiwan and Turkey, have led to a growing international USAR robotics community.
ISSN:1070-9932
1558-223X
DOI:10.1109/MRA.2002.1035211