A Multiscale Feature Pyramid SAR Ship Detection Network With Robust Background Interference by Shuai Liu, Pengfei Chen, Yudong Zhang

“…Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) ship detection is widely used in cutting-edge applications such as environmental protection, traffic monitoring, search, and rescue. Lightweight detection algorithms are more important for practical applications. …”
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Non-line-of-sight snapshots and background mapping with an active corner camera by Sheila Seidel, Hoover Rueda-Chacón, Iris Cusini, Federica Villa, Franco Zappa, Christopher Yu, Vivek K Goyal

“…Abstract The ability to form reconstructions beyond line-of-sight view could be transformative in a variety of fields, including search and rescue, autonomous vehicle navigation, and reconnaissance. …”
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Turbine layout optimisation for large‐scale offshore wind farms–A grid‐based method by Peter Taylor, Hong Yue, David Campos‐Gaona, Olimpo Anaya‐Lara, Chunjiang Jia

“…A particle swarm optimisation algorithm is employed in the wind turbine layout optimisation, in which a micro‐siting function is proposed to allow solutions 50 m of deviation while maximising energy capture without compromising maritime navigation or search and rescue operations. Solutions are assessed by a wind farm model, comprising the Larsen wake model, a multiple wake effect summation method, and a rotor‐effective wind speed calculation. …”
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DDQN with Prioritized Experience Replay-Based Optimized Geographical Routing Protocol of Considering Link Stability and Energy Prediction for UANET by Yanan Zhang, Hongbing Qiu

“…Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are important equipment for efficiently executing search and rescue missions in disaster or air-crash scenarios. …”
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ConTaCT: Deciding to Communicate during Time-Critical Collaborative Tasks in Unknown, Deterministic Domains by Unhelkar, Vaibhav Vasant, Shah, Julie A.

“…Our approach is motivated by real-world applications, including the coordination of disaster response and search and rescue teams. These settings motivate a model structure that explicitly represents the world model as initially unknown but deterministic in nature, and that de-emphasizes uncertainty about action outcomes. …”
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Integrating human-provided information into belief state representation using dynamic factorization by Chitnis, Rohan

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BeeCluster: drone orchestration via predictive optimization by He, Songtao, Bastani, Favyen, Balasingam, Arjun, Gopalakrishna, Karthik, Jiang, Ziwen, Alizadeh Attar, Mohammadreza, Balakrishnan, Hari, Cafarella, Michael J, Kraska, Tim, Madden, Samuel R

“…The rapid development of small aerial drones has enabled numerous drone-based applications, e.g., geographic mapping, air pollution sensing, and search and rescue. To assist the development of these applications, we propose BeeCluster, a drone orchestration system that manages a fleet of drones. …”
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Development of sensing and measurement system with input of acoustic signals by Wang, Jing Xuan

“…The effort will contribute to the continued development of novel assets to meet search and rescue needs in the complex and challenging sea environment.…”
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Enabling an electro-mechanical gear-selection interface for an unmanned ground vehicle by Tai, Kok Wei

“…Thus the primitive idea is to develop an autonomous grounded vehicle to replace human in carry out operations on exploration and navigation, search and rescue, and transportation in this project. …”
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Redesign, analysis, fabrication and testing of light weight fuselage, boom and empennage for solar UAV : part 1 by Yap, Kelvin Bing Hui

“…In recent years, a lot of research efforts have been put into Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) due to its ability to perform a wide variety of missions which include surveillance and recon, search and rescue operations, transport operations and other special operations deemed too dangerous or unsuitable for manned aerial vehicle. …”
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A study on the roles of stakeholders to ensure safe and viable Arctic shipping by Yip, Wing To

“…More importantly, safety mechanisms like Search and Rescue (SAR) facilities are insufficient and inaptly equipped. …”
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Indoor mapping technology study for smart cities by Lee, Yao Xin

“…Such models can be used for urban planning, facility management or even in search and rescue operations. Google’s Project Tango, a tablet equipped with an RGB-IR camera, uses RGB-D technology to perform indoor mapping by capturing depth and colour data of each pixel in the scene. …”
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Integration of an UAV platform and SIMCom module to enable future UAV surveillance via a cellular network by Lee, Marc Yin Hua

“…The possibilities of using UAVs for commercial applications is vast, ranging from precision agriculture, inspection works and topographical mapping in construction, film and music production, to search and rescue missions, responding to natural disasters and local law enforcement, allowing for potential cost savings and risk at work. …”
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Insect-scale jumping robots enabled by a dynamic buckling cascade by Wang, Y, Wang, Q, Liu, M, Qin, Y, Cheng, L, Bolminn, O, Alleyne, M, Wissa, A, Baughman, R, Vella, D, Tawfick, S

“…These jumpers reach the energy densities typical of the best macroscale jumping robots, while also matching the rapid escape times of jumping insects, thus demonstrating the path toward future applications including proximity sensing, inspection, and search and rescue.…”

Employment of Sikorsky S61A-4 Nuri helicopters in counter insurgency warfare in Peninsular Malaysia 1968-1989 by Nor Ibrahim Sulaiman, Rohani Ab Ghani

“…This paper aims to highlight the involvement of the Nuri in Op Gubir 11 (a Unilateral Operation), Op Selamat Sawadee (Combined Operation between Malaysia and Thailand), and Op Bamboo with emphasis on Search and Rescue (SAR) operations. It also discussed the threats and challenges faced by the Nuri crew while operating in hostile and challenging environments. …”
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Conceptual framework for risk communication between emergency response team and management team at healthcare facilities: A Malaysian perspective by Ab Aziz, Nur Farhani, Akashah, Farid Wajdi, Abdul Aziz, Aniza

“…DRMP provides first responder such as ERT a standard operating procedure (SOP) when assisting evacuation and performing search and rescue. In performing such tasks, ERT requires sufficient information outline in the DRMP and other risk communication activities that are conducted by the management team. …”

A Single Unit Concept And Design Of A High Maneuverability Mobile Robot by Awi, Nurul Busra

“…Robot snake promising mechanism for real-world applications such as search and rescue in destroyed city and industrial inspection. …”
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FPGA-based real-time moving target detection system for unmanned aerial vehicle application by Tang, Jia Wei, Shaikh-Husin, Nasir, Sheikh, Usman Ullah, Marsono, Muhammad Nadzir

“…Moving target detection is the most common task for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to find and track object of interest from a bird's eye view in mobile aerial surveillance for civilian applications such as search and rescue operation. The complex detection algorithm can be implemented in a real-time embedded system using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). …”
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A 3D-collaborative wireless network: towards resilient communication for rescuing flood victims by Rahman, Md. Arafatur, Hasan, Md. Munirul, Asyhari, A. Taufiq, Bhuiyan, Md Zakirul Alam

“…Through simulated Search and Rescue(SAR) activities, the effectiveness of the proposed network model is validated and its superiority over the traditional SAR is demonstrated, particularly in the harsh flood environments. …”
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Development of Robotic Rover with Controller & Vision System by Roshahliza, M. Ramli, Nurul Aqilah, Herman, Muhammad Ridzuan, Mazlan, Azlin Suraya, Nazaruddin, Muhammad Arshad, Tuah, Abdul Naqib Eizzaz, Abd Samad, Kamal, Othman, Yanti Marliana, Esmail

“…It can be used to assist safety authorities to collect information & insights, work lift to collect and remove the load and to conduct search and rescue operation. As for the result, the mobility system of the robotic rover at terrain surfaces and analyses the capabilities of the chassis during lifting load had been tested.…”
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