Fast plane detection and polygonalization in noisy 3D range images

J Pop**a, N Vaskevicius, A Birk… - 2008 IEEE/RSJ …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fast but nevertheless accurate approach for surface extraction from noisy 3D point clouds
is presented. It consists of two parts, namely a plane fitting and a polygonalization step. Both …

A cooperative multi-robot team for the surveillance of shipwreck survivors at sea

R Mendonça, MM Marques, F Marques… - OCEANS 2016 MTS …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sea as a very extensive area, renders difficult a pre-emptive and long-lasting search for
shipwreck survivors. The operational cost for deploying manned teams with such proactive …

Design improvements and dynamic characterization on fluidic elastomer actuators for a soft robotic snake

M Luo, W Tao, F Chen, TK Khuu… - … on Technologies for …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses the design and dynamic analysis of a new generation of fluidic
elastomer actuators (FEAs) that offer bidirectional bending developed as motion segments …

Robot exploration in unknown cluttered environments when dealing with uncertainty

F Niroui, B Sprenger, G Nejat - 2017 IEEE International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of autonomous robots in urban search and rescue (USAR) missions has many
potential benefits in terms of assisting rescue workers and increasing efficiency in these time …

Hough based terrain classification for realtime detection of drivable ground

J Pop**a, A Birk, K Pathak - Journal of field Robotics, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The usability of mobile robots for surveillance and search and rescue missions can be
significantly improved by adding intelligent functionalities that decrease the cognitive load …

Augmented autonomy: Improving human-robot team performance in urban search and rescue

Y Nevatia, T Stoyanov, R Rathnam… - 2008 IEEE/RSJ …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Exploration of unknown environments remains one of the fundamental problems of mobile
robotics. It is also a prime example for a task that can benefit significantly from multi-robot …

HELIOS IX tracked vehicle for urban search and rescue operations: Mechanical design and first tests

M Guarnieri, I Takao, P Debenest… - 2008 IEEE/RSJ …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fire brigades and special rescue agencies are often demanded to operate for search and
aid of human lives in extremely dangerous scenarios. The use of robotic tools can make …

Where to go first: prioritization of damaged areas for allocation of Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) operations (PI-USAR model)

R Hassanzadeh, Z Nedovic-Budic - Geomatics, Natural Hazards …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents the development of a spatial model for the allocation of the Urban
Search and Rescue (USAR) operation by computing the priority index of damaged areas (PI …

A multi-agent flooding algorithm for search and rescue operations in unknown terrain

M Becker, F Blatt, H Szczerbicka - Multiagent System Technologies: 11th …, 2013 - Springer
In this paper we will introduce a new multi-agent algorithm for the use in search and rescue
scenarios for exploration of unknown terrain. This method combines the concept of …

HELIOS VIII search and rescue robot: Design of an adaptive gripper and system improvements

M Guarnieri, I Takao, EF Fukushima… - 2007 IEEE/RSJ …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotics research can help search and rescue operations with develo** practical mobile
platforms and tools for urban and industrial disaster response. Crawled vehicles, because of …