Design and implementation of an Emergency Search and Rescue System based on mobile robot and WSN

In order to monitor the leakage of hazardous chemicals and guarantee the safety of people in hazardous areas, we developed RESRS (Robot Emergency Search and Rescue System). RESRS integrated technologies such as mobile robot and WSN (Wireless Sensor Network). The mobile robots in the system act as mobile nodes of WSN. We describe the components of the generic RESRS´s architecture in detail. A small-scale demonstration experiment was presented to highlight the concept and application of the RESRS to an actual chemical accident. Although our proposed system architecture provides a versatile framework for integration, a number of new and interesting research problems need to be solved before actual deployment of the system.