I-Corps: Shifting Robots for Disaster Rescue, Monitoring, and Education

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是减少在崎岖地形上进行灾难救援时的生命损失。灾难救援可能危及受害者和第一响应者的生命，红十字会报告说，在过去20年里，有400人死于灾难救援。超过一半的伤亡者是进入未知危险环境的志愿者。通过利用半自主技术探索灾害区域，提供监测以通知第一响应者，并协助救援受害者，直到人类第一响应者到达，可以防止未来的死亡。通过将拟造的变形机器人从飞行器上扔下，这些移动机器人可以探索以前难以到达的区域，进行有效的应急响应。这项提议的技术还将对科学监测和监视以及K-12学生、教师、家长、机器人专家和爱好者的教育应用产生更广泛的影响。由于具有巨大影响的潜力（有超过300万名潜在教师；仅中学就有100万名教师），机器人套件可以用于教育应用，特别是对于试图达到下一代科学标准的学校。这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是减少在崎岖地形上进行灾难救援时的生命损失。灾难救援可能危及受害者和第一响应者的生命，红十字会报告说，在过去20年里，有400人死于灾难救援。超过一半的伤亡者是进入未知危险环境的志愿者。通过利用半自主技术探索灾害区域，提供监测以通知第一响应者，并协助救援受害者，直到人类第一响应者到达，可以防止未来的死亡。通过将拟造的变形机器人从飞行器上扔下，这些移动机器人可以探索以前难以到达的区域，进行有效的应急响应。这项提议的技术还将对科学监测和监视以及K-12学生、教师、家长、机器人专家和爱好者的教育应用产生更广泛的影响。由于具有巨大影响的潜力（有超过300万名潜在教师；仅中学就有100万名教师），机器人套件可以用于教育应用，特别是对于试图达到下一代科学标准的学校。

The broader impact/ commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to reduce loss of life in disaster rescue on rough terrain. Disaster rescue can endanger the lives of both the victims and the first responders, with the Red Cross reporting 400 deaths in disaster rescue in the past 20 years. More than half of the casualties were volunteers who entered unchartered risky environments. Future deaths could be prevented by utilizing semi-autonomous technology to explore the regions of disasters, provide surveillance to inform first responders, and assist in the rescue of victims until human first responders can arrive. By dropping the proposed shape-shifting robots from aerial vehicles, these mobile robots could explore previously difficult to reach areas for effective emergency response. This proposed technology will also have broader impact in use for scientific monitoring and surveillance as well as for educational applications for K-12 students, teachers, parents, roboticists and hobbyists. With the potential to have large impact (with over 3 million potential teachers; 1 million teachers alone in secondary schools), robot kits could be marketed for educational applications, especially for schools trying to meet the Next Generation Science Standards.The broader impact/ commercial potential of this I-Corps project is to reduce loss of life in disaster rescue on rough terrain. Disaster rescue can endanger the lives of both the victims and the first responders, with the Red Cross reporting 400 deaths in disaster rescue in the past 20 years. More than half of the casualties were volunteers who entered unchartered risky environments. Future deaths could be prevented by utilizing semi-autonomous technology to explore the regions of disasters, provide surveillance to inform first responders, and assist in the rescue of victims until human first responders can arrive. By dropping the proposed shape-shifting robots from aerial vehicles, these mobile robots could explore previously difficult to reach areas for effective emergency response. This proposed technology will also have broader impact in use for scientific monitoring and surveillance as well as for educational applications for K-12 students, teachers, parents, roboticists and hobbyists. With the potential to have large impact (with over 3 million potential teachers; 1 million teachers alone in secondary schools), robot kits could be marketed for educational applications, especially for schools trying to meet the Next Generation Science Standards.