Aerial Robots for Quick Information Gathering in USAR

Author

Onosato, Masahiko ; Takemura, Fumiaki ; Nonami, Kenzo ; Kawabata, Kuniaki ; Miura, Kenjiro ; Nakanishi, Hiroaki

Author_Institution

Div. of Syst. Sci. & Informatics, Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo

fYear

2006

Firstpage

3435

Lastpage

3438

Abstract

The paper introduces R&D results and plans of aerial robot development for USAR. Different types of aerial robots have been developed and they are systematically combined so as to offer continuous information gathering in the suffered area. Autonomous helicopters are collecting the initial disaster situation from the sky for USAR first action. A blimp system and a wire robot system survey the victims under the collapsed houses. A captive balloon system with monitoring cameras presents bird´s eye views of the suffered area continuously. These robots and technologies are integrated to a total solution for a quick information gathering in USAR

Keywords

aerospace robotics; disasters; earthquakes; emergency services; helicopters; mobile robots; research and development; service robots; R&D; USAR; aerial robot development; autonomous helicopters; blimp system; captive balloon system; information gathering; initial disaster situation; wire robot system; Earthquakes; Helicopters; Informatics; Mechanical engineering; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Research and development; Satellites; Surveillance; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Rescue robot; UAV; aerial robot; balloon; disaster information; earthquake; virtual wiper;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SICE-ICASE, 2006. International Joint Conference

Conference_Location

Busan

Print_ISBN

89-950038-4-7

Electronic_ISBN

89-950038-5-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SICE.2006.315128

Filename

4108354