Ground or aerial robots equipped with advanced sensing technologies, such as three‐
dimensional laser scanners and advanced map** algorithms, are deemed useful as a …

We present an original integration of high level planning and execution with incoming
perceptual information from vision, SLAM, topological map segmentation and dialogue. The …

We propose in this article a new approach to robot cognitive control based on a stimulus-
response framework that models both a robot's stimuli and the robot's decision to switch …

Our problem is one of a human–robot team exploring a previously unknown disaster
scenario together. The team is building up situation awareness, gathering information about …

For tasks that need to be accomplished in unconstrained environments, as in the case of
Urban Search and Rescue (USAR), human-robot collaboration is considered as an …

The aim of this paper is to document the state of the art in disaster robotics and provide an
overview of technology already available or currently under development. Over the last …

The paper presents a solution to the problem of movement tracking in images acquired from
video cameras monitoring outside terrain. The solution is resistant to such adverse factors …

In this paper we examine the case of a mobile robot that is part of a human-robot urban
search and rescue (USAR) team. During USAR scenarios, we would like the robot to have a …

SOMMARIO I disastri naturali, quali terremoti, alluvioni, dissesti idrogeologici e eruzioni
vulcaniche che si verificano con crescente frequenza in ogni parte del mondo, così come gli …

In this paper, we describe a Mixed-Initiative Operational Model (MIOM) which directly
intervenes on the state of the functionalities embedded into a robot for Urban …