Utilizing the ARAIG haptic suit to navigate firefighters out of hazardous environments

利用 ARAIG 触觉套装引导消防员逃离危险环境

• 批准号: 561190-2020
• 负责人: Ferworn, Alexander
• 金额: $ 2.19万
• 依托单位: Ryerson University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=719806
• 关键词: Utilizing; ARAIG; haptic; suit; navigate

The effect of climate change in Canada has grown with each passing year. Severe storms, floods, and, perhaps most importantly, forest fires, have increased in Canada over the past decade [1], [2]. When a firefighter runs into a burning area to save lives, they are safeguarded from toxic gases, heat, and burns by their protective gear; however, there is one hazard that their gear cannot protect against getting lost or trapped. Fires produce a lot of smoke and debris from falling material and structural failures. These situations can reduce visibility, block exits and prevent safe evacuation. Traditional navigation aids often fail in these situations [3]-[5], resulting in firefighters having to manually navigate out of dangerous environments. This research project will focus on the development of new technology which will take the guesswork out of navigating to safety in time-critical and stressful situations. It will provide a new integrated set of sensors [video, global positioning system (GPS), and light detection and ranging (LiDAR)], and path planning and scene reconstruction algorithms that can be integrated into current firefighter protective equipment. This new technology will provide the capability of autogenerating evacuation paths based on entry information collected via the integrated set of the aforementioned sensors. When prompted, the new algorithms will use the generated egress path and reconstructed scene and create a set of haptic instructions to safely guide a firefighter out of harm's way using the ARAIG suit technology.

气候变化对加拿大的影响逐年增加。在过去的十年里，严重的风暴、洪水，也许最重要的是，森林火灾，在加拿大有所增加。当消防员冲进燃烧区域拯救生命时，他们的防护装备保护他们免受有毒气体、高温和烧伤的伤害；然而，有一个危险是他们的装备无法防止迷路或被困。火灾会产生大量的烟雾和坠落的材料和结构损坏的碎片。这些情况会降低能见度，堵塞出口，妨碍安全疏散。传统的导航设备经常在这些情况下失灵，导致消防员不得不手动导航出危险的环境。该研究项目将侧重于新技术的开发，该技术将在时间紧迫和压力大的情况下消除对安全航行的猜测。它将提供一套新的集成传感器[视频，全球定位系统（GPS），光探测和测距（LiDAR）]，以及路径规划和场景重建算法，可以集成到当前的消防员防护设备中。这项新技术将提供自动生成疏散路径的能力，该疏散路径是基于通过上述传感器集合收集的入口信息。当提示时，新算法将使用生成的出口路径和重建的场景，并创建一套触觉指令，使用ARAIG套装技术安全地引导消防员脱离危险。