Abstract Purpose of Review The goal of this review is to evaluate the current status of multi-
robot systems in the context of search and rescue. This includes an investigation of their …

With robotics rapidly advancing, more effective human–robot interaction is increasingly
needed to realize the full potential of robots for society. While spoken language must be part …

Place recognition in 3D data is a challenging task that has been commonly approached by
adapting image-based solutions. Methods based on local features suffer from ambiguity and …

Abstract The Subterranean Challenge (SubT) is a contest organised by the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The contest reflects the requirement of …

Artificial perception for robots operating in outdoor natural environments, including forest
scenarios, has been the object of a substantial amount of research for decades. Regardless …

Using multiple cooperative robots is advantageous for time critical Search and Rescue
(SaR) missions as they permit rapid exploration of the environment and provide higher …

This paper introduces an autonomous system employing multirotor unmanned aerial
vehicles for fast 3D exploration and inspection of vast, unknown, dynamic, and complex …

Artificial intelligence and robotic technologies have grown in sophistication and reach.
Accordingly, research into mixed human–robot teams that comprise both robots and humans …

This paper reports on insights by robotics researchers that participated in a 5-day robot-
assisted nuclear disaster response field exercise conducted by Kerntechnische Hilfdienst …

We present a field report of CTU-CRAS-NORLAB team from the Subterranean Challenge
(SubT) organised by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The …