Assessment of man-portable robots for law enforcement agencies

Abstract

This project has involved testing a Packbot Scout within a SWAT-unit 1 for five months. This was done to explore the tactical benefits of the system and to test the robot's technical performance with end users. Another objective was to compare earlier results -obtained by investigating military during trainingwith results from deployment during true risk. The SWAT-team, equipped with and trained to use the robot, set a standard to bring it with them on regular missions. Using the robot during negotiation proved to be the most beneficial application. Other uses would be for long-term surveillances and deploying non-lethal weapons. Early results indicate that the Stockholm SWAT-unit, consisting of 80 active officers, could deploy the robot at least 20 times a year.

Aspects Regarding of a UGV Fire Fighting Thermal Shield

“…The actual state of the research domain represented in the specialized literature [61][62][63][64][65][66], and testing and evaluating the protection system against high temperatures; allows us to analyze an important part of the robot fire intervention.…”

“…From studying the specialty references [61][62][63][64][65][66], the various requirements of the beneficiaries, and the diverse requests of the beneficiaries, of the requirements imposed by the DOR (Documents with Operational Requirements), MND (Mission Needs Documents) operational environment, the following requirements specific for a fire intervention robot have been generated: it should be accessible from the costs point of view; it should operate both from inside and from outside; it should acquire data from the environment; it should be able to communicate from distances as big as possible; it should not be influenced by gamma radiation; it should be able to operate in both a remote control and an autonomous regimen; it should transmit large data quantities; and it should evaluate and map the interior of the buildings so that the data is transited to an operator and the intervention team can know which are the dangers.…”

Multi-robot system for disaster area exploration

“…The remote robotic reconnaissance of dangerous areas is a very complex and interdisciplinary task [7], and only well-tuned robotic systems, with good software, hardware, communication and sensory subsystem, may succeed [17]. Mobility and the ability to work reliably in hard conditions are very important.…”