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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 331-347 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Advanced Robotics |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cable-driven robot
- Cell phones
- Electric wave direction finder
- Human search
- Rescue robot
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- Control and Systems Engineering
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Hardware and Architecture
- Computer Science Applications