Disaster robotics has become a research area in its own right, with several reported cases of successful robot deployment in actual disaster scenarios. Most of these disaster deployments use aerial, ground, or underwater robotic platforms. However, the research involving autonomous boats or Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) for Disaster Management (DM) is currently spread across several publications, with varying degrees of depth, and focusing on more than one unmanned vehicle—usually under the umbrella of Unmanned Marine Vessels (UMV). Therefore, the current importance of USVs for the DM process in its different phases is not clear. This paper presents the first comprehensive survey about the applications and roles of USVs for DM, as far as we know. This work demonstrates that there are few current deployments in disaster scenarios, with most of the research in the area focusing on the technological aspects of USV hardware and software, such as Guidance Navigation and Control, and not focusing on their actual importance for DM. Finally, to guide future research, this paper also summarizes our own contributions, the lessons learned, guidelines, and research gaps.

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Robotics has been used to draw students' attention to computing and engineering. Unfortunately, most of the hardware and software features used to teach programming and robotics are not suitable for students who are visually impaired. Most programming environments are highly visual interfaces which makes them inaccessible for the visually impaired. This paper aims to present the studies regarding the use of robotics for the teaching of programming for people who are visually impaired that were published between 2016 and 2019, through a systematic literature review. As a result, we identified the teaching methodologies, the robotics and programming kits used, the good practices and difficulties faced in programming teaching with robotic support.