A human body searching strategy using a cable-driven robot with an electromagnetic wave direction finder at major disasters

Takemura, Fumiaki and Enomoto, Masaya and Denou, Kazuya and Erbatur, Kemalettin and Zwiers, Ulrike and Tadokoro, Satoshi (2005) A human body searching strategy using a cable-driven robot with an electromagnetic wave direction finder at major disasters. Advanced Robotics, 19 (3). pp. 331-347. ISSN 0169-1864

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Abstract

At large-scale urban earthquake disasters, human search and information collection are the most important processes in rescue activities. This research develops a parallel cable-driven robot focusing on information acquisition from above at structures crushed by landslides caused by huge earthquakes. The tip of each cable of this robot is attached to a comparatively strong structure and this robot, mounted with several sensors, is driven by multiple cables. This paper proposes the human search system. Recently, a lot of people have acquired cell phones or other mobile devices. Our proposed search system is designed to identify the position of a human body using this robot with an electromagnetic wave direction finder (ESPAR antenna). This paper illustrates the usefulness of the human body searching strategy through several experimental results.
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: rescue robot; cable-driven robot; human search; cell phones; electric wave direction finder
Subjects: T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Depositing User: Kemalettin Erbatur
Date Deposited: 15 Oct 2005 03:00
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2019 15:44
URI: https://research.sabanciuniv.edu/id/eprint/502

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