PRE2022 3 Group1

Geert Touw, Luc van Burik, Victor le Fevre, Aron van Cauter, Adrian Kondanari and Thijs Egberts.

Project plan

Problem statement and objectives

We want to do our project about rescue robots (for natural disasters).

Who are the users?

We don't know precisesly what we want to do, but the users will probably be something in the line of rescue teams, a government, help organisations and of course the victims the robots will help.

What do they require?

TODO

Approach milestones and deliverables

TODO

Task division

TODO

State of the art: literature study

To determine the state of the art surrounding our project we will do a literature study.

Disaster robotics

This article gives an overview of rescue robotics and some characteristics that may be used to classify them. The article also contains a case study of the Fukushima-Daiichi Nuclear power plant accident that gives an overview of how some robots where used. On top of that the article gives some challenges that are still present with rescue robotics.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1_60

A Survey on Unmanned Surface Vehicles for Disaster Robotics: Main Challenges and Directions

This article gives an overview of the use of unmanned surface vehicles and gives some recommendations around USV's.

https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/3/702?ref=https://githubhelp.com

Underwater Research and Rescue Robot

This article is about an underwater rescue robot that gives necessary feedback in rescuing missions. This underwater robot has more computng power than the current underwater drones and reduces delay by the use of ethernet cable.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336628369_Underwater_Research_and_Rescue_Robot

Mechanical Construction and Propulsion Analysis of a Rescue Underwater Robot in the case of Drowning Persons

This article is about a unmanned life-saving system that recovers conscious or unconscious people. This prevents other people from getting themselves in a dangerous situation by trying to save others. This drone is not fully autonomous since it needs to be operated by humans.

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/8/5/693

Design and Dynamic Performance Research of Underwater Inspection Robots

Power plants along the coastline use water as cooling water. The underwater drone presented in this paper is used to research water near power plants and clean filtering systems to optimize the efficiency of the powerplant.

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/wcmc/2022/3715514/

Semi Wireless Underwater Recue Drone with Robotic Arm

This article highlights the challenges concerning underwater rescue of people and valuable object. The biggest challenge is wireless communication due to the harsh environment. The drone is also equipped with a robotic arm to grab objects and a 4K camera with foglights to navigate properly underwater.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363737479_Semi_Wireless_Underwater_Rescue_Drone_with_Robotic_Armhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/363737479_Semi_Wireless_Underwater_Rescue_Drone_with_Robotic_Arm

Rescue Robots and Systems in Japan

This paper discusses the development of intelligent rescue systems using high-information and robot technology to mitigate disaster damages, particularly in Japan following the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake. The focus is on developing robots that can work in real disaster sites for search and rescue tasks. The paper provides an overview of the problem domain of earthquake disasters and search and rescue processes.

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/1521744

Two multi-linked rescue robots: design, construction and field tests

This paper proposes the design and testing of two rescue robots, a cutting robot and a jack robot, for use in search and rescue missions. They can penetrate narrow gaps and hazardous locations to cut obstacles and lift heavy debris. Field tests demonstrate their mobility, cutting, and lift-up capacity, showing their potential use in rescue operations.

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jamdsm/10/6/10_2016jamdsm0089/_pdf/-char/ja

Mine Rescue Robot System – A Review

Underground mining has a lot of risks and it is a very difficult task for rescuers to reach trapped miners. It is therefore great to deploy a wireless robot in this situation with gas sensors and cameras, to inform rescuers about the state of the trapped miners.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S187852201500096X

Ethical concerns in rescue robotics: a scoping review

We also have to take the ethics of rescue robots into account. There are seven core ethical themes: fairness and discrimination; false or excessive expectations; labor replacement; privacy; responsibility; safety; trust

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-021-09603-0

Rescue robots for mudslides: A descriptive study of the 2005 La Conchita mudslide response

Robots assisted the rescuers who responded to the 2005 mudslide in La Conchita. The robots were waterproof and could thus be deployed in wet conditions, but they failed to navigate through the rubble, vegetation and soil. The paper thus suggests that rescue robots should be trained in a variety of environments, and advises manufacturers to be more conservative with their performance claims.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rob.20207

Emergency response to the nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plants using mobile rescue robots

The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan resulted in a meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Due to the radiation levels, robots were deployed because it was too dangerous for humans. First various issues needed to be resolved, like the ability of the robot’s electrical components to withstand radiation. The ability to navigate and communicate was tested at a different nuclear powerplant similar to Fukushima.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rob.21439