Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue

Andrea Cachia; M. Nazmul Huda; Pengcheng Liu; Chitta Saha; Andrew Jason Tickle; Ioannis Arvanitakis; Syed Mahfuzul Aziz

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_32

Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue

Andrea Cachia, M. Nazmul Huda, Pengcheng Liu, Chitta Saha, Andrew Jason Tickle, Ioannis Arvanitakis, Syed Mahfuzul Aziz

University of South Australia

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Abstract

Search and Rescue robotics is a relatively new field of research, which is growing rapidly as new technologies emerge. However, the robots that are usually applied to the field are generally small and have limited functionality, and almost all of them rely on direct control from a local operator. In this paper, a novel wheeled Search and Rescue robot is proposed which considers new methods of controlling the robot, including using a wireless "tether" in place of a conventional physical one. A prototype is then built which acts as a proof of concept of the robot design and wireless control. The prototype robot is then evaluated to prove its mobility, wireless control and multi-hop networking. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design incorporating the rocker-bogie suspension system and the multi-hop method of "wireless tethering".

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, London, UK, July 3–5, 2019, Proceedings, Part II
Editors	Kaspar Althoefer, Jelizaveta Konstantinova, Ketao Zhang
Publisher	Springer
Pages	370-382
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-25332-5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-25331-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_32
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	20th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference - London, United Kingdom Duration: 3 Jul 2019 → 5 Jul 2019 Conference number: 20 https://www.qmul.ac.uk/robotics/events/taros2019/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	11650 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	20th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference
Abbreviated title	TAROS 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	3/07/19 → 5/07/19
Internet address	https://www.qmul.ac.uk/robotics/events/taros2019/

Keywords

Multi-hop network
Rocker-bogie system
Search and rescue robot
Wireless control

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Cachia, A., Huda, M. N., Liu, P., Saha, C., Tickle, A. J., Arvanitakis, I., & Aziz, S. M. (2019). Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue. In K. Althoefer, J. Konstantinova, & K. Zhang (Eds.), Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, Proceedings: 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, London, UK, July 3–5, 2019, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 370-382). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11650 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_32

Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue. / Cachia, Andrea; Huda, M. Nazmul; Liu, Pengcheng et al.
Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, Proceedings: 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, London, UK, July 3–5, 2019, Proceedings, Part II. ed. / Kaspar Althoefer; Jelizaveta Konstantinova; Ketao Zhang. Springer, 2019. p. 370-382 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 11650 LNAI).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Cachia, A, Huda, MN, Liu, P, Saha, C, Tickle, AJ, Arvanitakis, I & Aziz, SM 2019, Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue. in K Althoefer, J Konstantinova & K Zhang (eds), Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, Proceedings: 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, London, UK, July 3–5, 2019, Proceedings, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 11650 LNAI, Springer, pp. 370-382, 20th Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems Conference, London, United Kingdom, 3/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_32

Cachia A, Huda MN, Liu P, Saha C, Tickle AJ, Arvanitakis I et al. Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue. In Althoefer K, Konstantinova J, Zhang K, editors, Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, Proceedings: 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, London, UK, July 3–5, 2019, Proceedings, Part II. Springer. 2019. p. 370-382. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). Epub 2019 Jul 17. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_32

Cachia, Andrea ; Huda, M. Nazmul ; Liu, Pengcheng et al. / Development and Evaluation of a Novel Robotic System for Search and Rescue. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems - 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, Proceedings: 20th Annual Conference, TAROS 2019, London, UK, July 3–5, 2019, Proceedings, Part II. editor / Kaspar Althoefer ; Jelizaveta Konstantinova ; Ketao Zhang. Springer, 2019. pp. 370-382 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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