Chapter ICARUS Training and Support System

• Main Author: Będkowski, Janusz (auth)
• Other Authors: Majek, Karol (auth), Pełka, Michal (auth), Masłowski, Andrzej (auth), Coelho, Antonio (auth), Goncalves, Ricardo (auth), Baptista, Ricardo (auth), Sanchez, Jose Manuel (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: InTechOpen 2017
• Subjects: Ambulance & rescue services; training systems, support systems, real-time 3D reconstruction
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The ICARUS unmanned tools act as gatherers, which acquire enormous amount of information. The management of all these data requires the careful consideration of an intelligent support system. This chapter discusses the High-Performance Computing (HPC) support tools, which were developed for rapid 3D data extraction, combination, fusion, segmentation, classification and rendering. These support tools were seamlessly connected to a training framework. Indeed, training is a key in the world of search and rescue. Search and rescue workers will never use tools on the field for which they have not been extensively trained beforehand. For this reason, a comprehensive serious gaming training framework was developed, supporting all ICARUS unmanned vehicles in realistic 3D-simulated (based on inputs from the support system) and real environments.