Title :
Investigation report of the rescue problem at Hanshin-Awaji earthquake in Kobe
Author :
Tadokoro, Satoshi ; Takamori, Toshi ; Osuka, Koichi ; Tsurutani, Saburo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Syst. Eng., Kobe Univ., Japan
Abstract :
The Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) earthquake killed more than 6500 on January 17, 1995. Many people barely escaped from the debris and actively saved buried people. Rescue facilities are really important for robust social systems. Robotics and mechatronics are effective for advanced rescue equipment and systems. However, there has been little research and development performed until now. In order for robotics researchers to start, analysis of the tasks and requirements is necessary. In this research, the processes of rescue activities just after the disaster were investigated. Specifications of rescue robotic facilities are proposed on the basis of the analysis
Keywords :
disasters; earthquakes; mechatronics; robots; Hanshin-Awaji earthquake; advanced rescue equipment; rescue activities; rescue facilities; rescue problem; rescue robotic facilities; robust social systems; Earthquake engineering; Floors; Humans; Informatics; Mechatronics; Research and development; Robots; Robustness; Steel; Systems engineering and theory;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2000. (IROS 2000). Proceedings. 2000 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Takamatsu
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6348-5
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2000.895245
