Dynamic Team Hierarchies in Communication−Limited Multi−Robot Exploration by de Hoog, J, Cameron, S, Visser, A

“…This makes it particularly suitable for applications such as robotic search and rescue, where environments are likely to contain significant interference and unexpected communication ranges.…”

Demonstrating behavioural soft robotics to light source by Baharudin, Bahadurhisham, Sulaiman, Nasri, Md Yunus, Nurul Amziah

“…Soft Robotics applied for many of purposes such as surgery, healthcare devices, search and rescue device, space instrument repair and mine detection. …”
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Coordinating Agile Systems through the Model-based Execution of Temporal Plans by Leaute, Thomas

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Life on board ship and cultural intimacy. Notes from the Central Mediterranean by Jasmine Iozzelli

“…In this essay, I offer reflections that emerged from my ethnographic research on board search and rescue ships in the Central Mediterranean between 2019 and 2021. …”
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A Model Based on Cellular Learning Automata for Improving the Intelligent Assistant Agents & Its Application in Earthquake Crisis Management by Maryam Khani, Ali Ahmadi, Maryam Khademi

“…Spatial-temporal coordination problem (STCP) plays a critical role in urban search and rescue (USAR) operations. Artificial Intelligence has tried to tackle this problem by taking advantage of multi-agent systems, GIS, and intelligent algorithms to enhance the task allocation by establishing collaboration between human agents and intelligent assistant agents. …”
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An Evaluation of Pixel-Based Methods for the Detection of Floating Objects on the Sea Surface by Alexander Borghgraef, Olivier Barnich, Fabian Lapierre, Marc Van Droogenbroeck, Wilfried Philips, Marc Acheroy

“…Our main concern is the detection of floating mines, which proved a real threat to shipping in confined waterways during the first Gulf War, but applications include salvaging, search-and-rescue operation, perimeter, or harbour defense. …”
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OPTIMUM ROUTING OF AERIAL VEHICLES AND AMBULANCES IN DISASTER LOGISTICS by Z. Mahmat, L. S. Sua, F. Balo

“…One of the most vital aspects of emergency management studies is the development and examination of post-disaster search and rescue activities and treatment facilities. …”
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Occlusion-Aware UAV Path Planning for Reconnaissance and Surveillance by Jian Zhang, Hailong Huang

“…Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become necessary tools for a wide range of activities including but not limited to real-time monitoring, surveillance, reconnaissance, border patrol, search and rescue, civilian, scientific and military missions, etc. …”
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MAGI: Multistream Aerial Segmentation of Ground Images with Small-Scale Drones by Danilo Avola, Daniele Pannone

“…In recent years, small-scale drones have been used in heterogeneous tasks, such as border control, precision agriculture, and search and rescue. This is mainly due to their small size that allows for easy deployment, their low cost, and their increasing computing capability. …”
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Coordinated Control of Multi-Robot Systems: A Survey by Jorge Cortés, Magnus Egerstedt

“…Recently, significant gains have been made in our understanding of multi-robot systems, and such systems have been deployed in domains as diverse as precision agriculture, flexible manufacturing, environmental monitoring, search-and-rescue operations, and even swarming robotic toys. …”
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Photographier les X-codes de La Nouvelle-Orléans après Katrina. Perspectives mémorielles d’une exposition sur le Web by Maude Oswald

“…The X-codes, cross-shaped forms sprayed on houses by search and rescue teams emerged in the chaos following Katrina. …”
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Minimizing maximum cost in task coverage problem with multiple mobile sensors: A heuristic approach based on all-pairs shortest path by Hyeun Jeong Min, Hyo-Sang Lim

“…This is a challenging issue for various sensor applications, particularly those related to time-critical missions, such as search and rescue operations. We propose an algorithm that selects a set of all-pairs shortest paths with fewer duplicated tasks and extends each path using remaining tasks while covering all tasks and avoiding cost increases. …”
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A sensor review for human detection with robotic systems in regular and smoky environments by Sebastian Gelfert

“…Search and rescue robots gained a significant attention in the past, as they assist firefighters during their rescue missions. …”
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Analysis on the change of the death and missing in Luding earthquake and the impact of geological disaster on them by Jingjing Liu, Na Gao

“…At the same time, we propose suggestions for the verification and submission capabilities of earthquake disaster information and the improvement of personnel search and rescue capabilities in complex mountainous environments.…”
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Leader follower tracking and simulation for two aerial robots by Goh, Si Min

“…There are many benefits that a leader follower aerial robots can bring us such as help us in the search and rescue in disaster scenario, agriculture, security problem and more. …”
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A study on how voltage levels affect cyborg cockroach locomotion by Teo, Seana Wei Qian

“…In recent years, cyborg insects, more specifically the Madagascar hissing cockroach, have been studied to be used in search and rescue missions. These insects are mounted with battery powered devices which electrically stimulate their movement, hence controlling direction, speed and efficiency of locomotion. …”
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Stereoscopic FPV for drones by Chan, Chun Wai

“…Over the last two decades, development of drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies and its integration into our society has facilitated the growth in several aspects, including aerial photography, search and rescue as well as inspections and surveillance. …”
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UAV air traffic control system - subsystem 1 by Tay, Chengwei

“…However, due to technological advancement, recent years have seen a wide increase in the usage of these aerial vehicles in many areas of aviation such as aerial photography and search-and-rescue operations. With the rapid increase of unmanned aerial vehicles in the airspace, the need to manage air traffic to allow safe and efficient operations of drones has become critical. …”
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Selection of Rendezvous Points for Multi−Robot Exploration in Dynamic Environments by de Hoog, J, Cameron, S, Visser, A

“…For many robotics applications (such as robotic search and rescue), information about the environment must be gathered by a team of robots and returned to a single, specific location. …”

Coordinating agile systems through the model-based execution of temporal plans by Léauté, Thomas

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