Search and Rescue Robotics From Theory to Practice

• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2017
• Subjects: Ambulance & rescue services; crisis management, disaster management, propagation, interoperability, communications, middleware
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

In the event of large crises (earthquakes, typhoons, floods, ...), a primordial task of the fire and rescue services is the search for human survivors on the incident site. This is a complex and dangerous task, which - too often - leads to loss of lives among the human crisis managers themselves. Th...