CISE Research Resources: R4: Rescue Robots for Research and Response

EIA 0224401Murphy, Robin r .南佛罗里达大学题目：CISE RR: R4；该项目开发和维护用于全国研究的机器人工具包，旨在通过提供资源来克服研究参与的障碍（缺乏领域专家和有意义的地点，以及对昂贵的专业设备的需求），促进机器人辅助城市搜索和救援（USAR）的研究，同时增加用于应急响应的移动机器人的可用性。这项工作支持在两个不同地区扩展现有的适合USAR研究的机器人缓存，对这些机器人进行培训，数据收集，并通过互联网访问这些机器人和数据集，在USAR站点与消防救援专业人员进行现场数据收集练习，以及将机器人借给个人研究人员。这项工作使没有救援机器人或访问领域专家的团体能够访问数据和/或直接与USAR机器人和现场救援专家合作。救援机器人是一个复杂的领域，需要在分布式计算、网络和通信、软件工程和互操作性、实时多线程控制、用户界面和人机交互、机器人技术、传感器和人工智能（AI）等方面取得根本性突破。因此，计算研究协会宣布这一研究领域是一个“巨大的挑战”。四种类型的研究设备：微型机器人、微型机器人、图像处理和视频捕捉设备以及传感器，使研究人员能够收集数据并评估他们在被引用领域的工作。除了在紧急情况下整合现有技术并促进专业人员和研究人员之间的有效合作外，该项目还为国土防御提供机器人教育，并有可能保护救援人员的生命和确定受害者的位置。

EIA 0224401Murphy, Robin R.University of South Florida Title: CISE RR: R4: Rescue Robots for Research and Response This project, developing and maintaining robotics kits for nationwide research, aims at facilitating research into robot-assisted urban search and rescue (USAR) by providing resources to overcome barriers presenting research involvement (lack of access to domain experts and meaningful sites combined with the need for expensive specialized equipment), while at the same time increasing the availability of mobile robots for an emergency response. This work supports theExpansion of existing caches of robots suitable for USAR research in two different regions,Training on these robots, data collection, and access to these robots and data sets via the Internet,Field data collection exercises with fire rescue professionals at USAR sites, and Loan of robots to individual researchers. The work facilitates groups, without rescue robots or access to domain experts, to have access to data and/or work directly with USAR robots and rescue experts in the field. Rescue robotics is a complex domain in need of fundamental breakthroughs in distributed computing, networking and communications, software engineering and interoperability, real-time multi-threaded control, user interfaces and human-robot interaction, robotics, sensors, and artificial intelligence (AI). Hence, the Computing Research Association declared this research area a "grand challenge." Four types of research equipment, micro-robots, mini-robots, image processing and video capturing equipment, and sensors, enable researchers to collect the data and evaluate their work in the cited areas. In addition to integrating existing technology and eliciting effective cooperation between professionals and researchers in the case of an emergency, the project provides education in robotics for homeland defense, and the potential to safeguard lives of rescue workers and locate victims.