Rescue robots: a brief overview of technical solutions
In the article the authors present the scientific and technical review of the results showing the current state and areas of service robots’ application to assist in search and rescue operations. Their use makes it possible to increase the safety level during search and rescue operations, and also, due to automation, to reduce their implementation time and minimize the rescuers’ presence in the emergency zone. The materials from publicly available sources were used for this work, containing a description of search and rescue robots use experience, execution methods, functional purpose and design features. The study revealed that there are no unified standards regulating the composition, design options and robots functioning methods to this day. Nevertheless, they are widely used to solve almost all possible problems, from delivering necessary cargo to providing first aid and evacuating victims from dangerous areas. The execution, movement and communication methods implemented in search and rescue robots directly depend on the task at hand. At the same time, the developers’ desire to come to unified construction standards is obvious. There is also an interest from the relevant departments and the scientific community in creating more advanced technical means capable of expanding the area of their movements (changing shape depending on the space for movement, combining different modes of movement, etc.), carrying capacity, orientation in difficult conditions methods (dust, fog, fire, loss of communication with the operator, etc.). However, despite progress in development, search and rescue robots are currently not widely implemented. This problem is typical not only for Russia, but also for the whole world. Perhaps this is partly due to the need to change the search and rescue services assistance protocols, and partly due to the existing technical solutions imperfections in the field of search and rescue robots. However, ongoing research and development suggests that systems will soon be created that will find widespread use in search and rescue services. The authors declare no conflicts of interests.
Keywords
rescue robots,
robotics,
service robots,
solutions review,
securityAuthors
| Bureev Artem Sh. | Tomsk State University | artem_bureev@mail.ru |
| Zhdanov Dmitry S. | Tomsk State University | d_s_zhdanov@mail.ru |
| Kosteley Yana V. | Tomsk State University; Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radioelectronics | kosteleyyv@gmail.com |
| Golobokova Evgeniya V. | Tomsk State University | jane04@yandex.ru |
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