TY - GEN
T1 - Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue
AU - Cachia, Andrea
AU - Huda, M. Nazmul
AU - Liu, Pengcheng
AU - Saha, Chitta
AU - Tickle, Andrew Jason
AU - Arvanitakis, Ioannis
AU - Aziz, Syed Mahfuzul
PY - 2019/7/17
Y1 - 2019/7/17
N2 - Search and Rescue robotics is a relatively new field of research, which is growing rapidly as new technologies emerge. However, the robots that are usually applied to the field are generally small and have limited functionality, and almost all of them rely on direct control from a local operator. In this paper, a novel wheeled Search and Rescue robot is proposed which considers new methods of controlling the robot, including using a wireless "tether" in place of a conventional physical one. A prototype is then built which acts as a proof of concept of the robot design and wireless control. The prototype robot is then evaluated to prove its mobility, wireless control and multi-hop networking. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design incorporating the rocker-bogie suspension system and the multi-hop method of "wireless tethering".
AB - Search and Rescue robotics is a relatively new field of research, which is growing rapidly as new technologies emerge. However, the robots that are usually applied to the field are generally small and have limited functionality, and almost all of them rely on direct control from a local operator. In this paper, a novel wheeled Search and Rescue robot is proposed which considers new methods of controlling the robot, including using a wireless "tether" in place of a conventional physical one. A prototype is then built which acts as a proof of concept of the robot design and wireless control. The prototype robot is then evaluated to prove its mobility, wireless control and multi-hop networking. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design incorporating the rocker-bogie suspension system and the multi-hop method of "wireless tethering".
UR - https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/publications/development-and-evaluation-of-a-novel-robotic-system-for-search-and-rescue(f12be3ff-beac-4556-bedd-a229545a7839).html
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_32
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_32
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 978-3-030-25332-5
SN - 978-3-030-25331-8
BT - Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, Proceedings
ER -