Paper Info
Title
The current state and future outlook of rescue robotics.
Abstract
Robotic technologies, whether they are remotely operated vehicles, autonomous agents, assistive devices, or novel control interfaces, offer many promising capabilities for deployment in real-world environments. Postdisaster scenarios are a particularly relevant target for applying such technologies, due to the challenging conditions faced by rescue workers and the possibility to increase their efficacy while decreasing the risks they face. However, field-deployable technologies for rescue work have requirements for robustness, speed, versatility, and ease of use that may not be matched by the state of the art in robotics research. This paper aims to survey the current state of the art in ground and aerial robots, marine and amphibious systems, and human-robot control interfaces and assess the readiness of these technologies with respect to the needs of first responders and disaster recovery efforts. We have gathered expert opinions from emergency response stakeholders and researchers who conduct field deployments with them to understand these needs, and we present this assessment as a way to guide future research toward technologies that will make an impact in real-world disaster response and recovery.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1002/rob.21887
JOURNAL OF FIELD ROBOTICS
Keywords
Field
DocType
emergency response,extreme environments,search and rescue robotics
Systems engineering,Simulation,Artificial intelligence,Engineering,Robotics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
36.0
7.0
1556-4959
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
10
0.83
0
Authors
13
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jeffrey A. Delmerico1838.13
S Mintchev2688.43
Alessandro Giusti3102392.34
Boris Gromov4164.00
Kamilo Melo5538.31
Tomislav Horvat6122.93
Cesar Dario Cadena Lerma743730.12
Marco Hutter846058.00
Auke Jan Ijspeert93546282.93
Dario Floreano103400284.98
Luca Maria Gambardella117926726.40
Roland Siegwart127640551.49
Davide Scaramuzza132704154.51