A Review of the Operational Use of UAS in Public Safety Emergency Incidents

Ray, Hunter M.; Singer, Ryan; Ahmed, Nisar

doi:10.1109/icuas54217.2022.9836061

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“…Urban search and rescue and/or disaster response has a high potential for the use of robots. An analysis of 114 calls completed by the Boulder Emergency Squad from 04/2016 to 12/2021 using unmanned aerial systems reveals the divergence in the assumptions made in research and how state‐of‐the‐art technologies may realistically transition into operational capacity (Ray et al, 2022). For example, most research efforts in robotics for disaster response focus on autonomous and semi‐autonomous capabilities of single or multiple robots, and not on their embedding as resources in the operation of the entire first response team and realistic deployment capacity.…”

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Lessons from robot‐assisted disaster response deployments by the German Rescue Robotics Center task force

Surmann,

Daun,

Schnaubelt

et al. 2023

Journal of Field Robotics

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Earthquakes, fire, and floods often cause structural collapses of buildings. However, the inspection of such damaged buildings poses a high risk for emergency forces or is even impossible. We present three recently selected missions of the Robotics Task Force of the German Rescue Robotics Center (DRZ), where both ground and aerial robots were used to explore destroyed buildings. We describe and reflect the missions as well as the lessons learned that have resulted from them. To make robots from research laboratories fit for real operations, realistic outdoor and indoor test environments were set up at the DRZ and used for tests in regular exercises by researchers and emergency forces. On the basis of this experience, the robots and their control software were significantly improved. Furthermore, expert teams of researchers and first responders were formed, each with realistic assessments of the operational and practical suitability of robotic systems.

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confidence: 99%