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Assessing the Search and Rescue Domain as an Applied and Realistic Benchmark for Robotic Systems

Robotics 2019-12-11 v1

Abstract

Aim of this paper is to provide a review of the state of the art in Search and Rescue (SAR) robotics. Suitable robotic applications in the SAR domain are described, and SAR-specific demands and requirements on the various components of a robotic system are pictured. Current research and development in SAR robotics is outlined, and an overview of robotic systems and sub-systems currently in use in SAR and disaster response scenarios is given. Finally we show a number of possible research directions for SAR robots, which might change the overall design and operation of SAR robotics in the longer-term future. All this is meant to support our main idea of taking SAR applications as an applied benchmark for the Field Robotics (FR) domain.

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@article{arxiv.1912.04693,
  title  = {Assessing the Search and Rescue Domain as an Applied and Realistic Benchmark for Robotic Systems},
  author = {Frank E. Schneider and Dennis Wildermuth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.04693},
  year   = {2019}
}