Using competitions to study human-robot interaction in urban search and rescue

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a reference test arena for robots in USAR, urban search and rescue. Currently, there are three different arenas that differ by difficulty. They are termed as the yellow, orange, and red arenas. The arenas were of varying degrees of dif...

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Published in:Interactions (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2005-03, Vol.12 (2), p.39-41
Main Authors: Drury, Jill L, Yanco, Holly A, Scholtz, Jean
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Awards & honors
Cameras
Competition
Computer science
Data collection
Evacuations & rescues
Fines & penalties
Human-computer interaction
Intelligent systems
Interfaces
Research centers
Robots
Software
Tests
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Summary:The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a reference test arena for robots in USAR, urban search and rescue. Currently, there are three different arenas that differ by difficulty. They are termed as the yellow, orange, and red arenas. The arenas were of varying degrees of difficulty. The yellow portion represented a slightly damaged office building; the orange arena contained multiple stories, covered areas, more rubble, and negative obstacles (holes). The red portion was all rubble with multiple levels that had unstable access. Victims (simulated by mannequins) are more easily located in the yellow and orange arenas. In the red arenas, some victims could not be located visually and teams had to use thermal, CO2 sensors, or sound. Points were awarded for the number of victims found in a specified length of time weighted by the difficulty of the portion of the arena in which they were found, for the accuracy of the victim location map, and the description the robot operator constructs. Penalties were assessed for causing damage to any of the victims or to the arena while searching.
ISSN:1072-5520
1558-3449
DOI:10.1145/1052438.1052461