Evaluation of Mapping with a Tele-operated Robot with Video Feedback

Lundberg, Carl; Christensen, Henrik I.

doi:10.1109/roman.2006.314412

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“…Klaassen developed the GMD-SNAKE series of snake-like robot [3]. Ma has done a lot of research work related to snake-like robots and has develop series of Perambulator [4][5][6][7]. But these snake-like robots have a common characteristic, which is that they are wheeled walking type.…”

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An Active Search and Rescue Device in Ruin Interstice: SnakeRescuer

Zhang

Shuai

Cao

et al. 2015

AMM

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According to the ruins caused by disaster, a new kind of search and rescue device SnakeRescuer is developed, which can actively go into ruin interstices to search and rescue victims. Inspired by industrial endoscope and snake-like robot which usually are used in searching and rescuing, a new kind of mechanism is designed, which has advantages of both industrial endoscope and snake-like robot. It consists of multi-section crawler modules and the base body which some like industrial endoscope but thicker and more rigid. Each crawler module is made up of four track units and could be attached to the base body and could drive the device to go into the ruins. According to the ruins of the environment, the track drive unit is designed first. Then a control method for the drive unit is designed. Finally, some basic experimental results show that the device can be applied to ruin rescuing.

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An Active Search and Rescue Device in Ruin Interstice: SnakeRescuer

Zhang

Shuai

Cao

et al. 2015

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“…It is precisely because the tracked search and rescue robot has the advantage that all countries in the world are trying to develop tracked search and rescue robot. American IRobot Company developed the pack-bot [4] robot with a light weight, portable features, and after nearly 10 years of continuous practice and improvement, the crawler search and rescue robot has repeatedly applied to the search and rescue of the disaster site. Beijing Institute of Technology has developed a tracked robot for mine rescue [5], which has also been put into use.…”

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Design and Research of an Active Search and Rescue Robot Used in Ruin Interstice

Shi

Zhang

Chen

2013

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After studying of post-earthquake environment, we develop a new kind of search and rescue robot, which can go into ruin interstices to implement rescue. Through the research of track and snake-like robot that used in searching and rescuing, we design a new kind of mechanism, which has advantages of both track and snake-like robots. This article also gives some details about the modular unit of track drive mechanism of the robot, the head turning mechanism actuated by tendon-sheath, and the control method of the robot system.

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Long‐term study of a portable field robot in urban terrain

Lundberg¹,

Christensen²,

Reinhold³

2007

Journal of Field Robotics

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The armed forces have a considerable amount of experience in using robots for bomb removal and mine clearing. Emerging technology also enables the targeting of other applications. To evaluate if real deployment of new technology is justified, tactical advantages gained have to be compared to drawbacks imposed. Evaluation calls for realistic tests which in turn require methods dictating how to deploy the new features. The present study has had two objectives: first, to gain a comprehensive view of a potential user of man-portable robots; second, to embed a robot system with users for assessment of present technology in real deployment. In this project we investigated an army company specialized in urban operations performing their tasks with the support of the iRobot Packbot Scout. The robot was integrated and deployed as an ordinary piece of equipment which required modifying and retraining a number of standard behaviors. The reported results were acquired through a long-term test ranging over a period of six months. This paper focuses on the characteristics of the users and their current ways of operation; how the robot was implemented and deployed. Additionally, this paper describes benefits and drawbacks from the users' perspective. A number of limitations in current robot technology are also identified. The findings show that the military relies on precise and thoroughly trained actions that can be executed with a minimum of ambiguity. To make use of robots, new behavioral schemes, which call for tactical optimization over several years, are needed. The most common application during the trials was reconnaissance inside buildings with uncertain enemy presence when time was not critical. Deploying the robot took more time than completing the task by traditional means, but in return kept the soldiers out of harm's way and enabled them to decrease weapon deployment. The range of the radio link, limited video feedback, and the bulky operator control unit were the features constraining the system's overall performance the most. On the other hand, did properties of the system, such as ruggedness, size, weight, terrain ability, and endurance, prove to match the application. The users were of the opinion that robots such as the Packbot Scout would be a valuable standard feature in urban intervention.

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Evaluation of Mapping with a Tele-operated Robot with Video Feedback

Cited by 9 publications

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An Active Search and Rescue Device in Ruin Interstice: SnakeRescuer

An Active Search and Rescue Device in Ruin Interstice: SnakeRescuer

Design and Research of an Active Search and Rescue Robot Used in Ruin Interstice

Long‐term study of a portable field robot in urban terrain

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