RoboSAR: Multi-Robot Search and Rescue

RoboSAR — an autonomous search and rescue of victims in an indoor environment using a multi-robot team — works in tandem with human first responders and includes a graphic user interface. This project aims to deploy a fleet of robots to perform the search aspect of search and rescue while meeting our time-sensitive criteria, mapping, and report locations of the victims to the first responders.



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00:00:02 foreign rescue is a complex and time-critical task where the victims must be located mapped and rescued in a finite period of time often these scenarios are dangerous or difficult to Traverse for human First Responders so robots have been utilized to fill this need target areas are often vast making a single robot unable to work within the time constraints these

00:00:28 time pressures make building an entire map of the environment before beginning the search infeasible and necessitates robots simultaneously search areas for victims while also building the world state cooperatively the proposed system of robosar Works in tandem with human First Responders and includes a graphic user interface the system also implements efficient

00:00:50 cooperation and coordination amongst the fleet of robots to meet time constraints using a centralized server architecture the server architecture allows the system to perform this complex task with very simple robots and includes a scalable Fleet size based on the search area and the structure of the environment making the system robust against robot failures and other

00:01:12 communication losses it's important for the robots to balance coverage and exploration and prioritize areas where victims are likely to be found and minimize search time this project aims to deploy a fleet of robots to perform the search aspect of search and rescue while meeting our time-sensitive criteria mapping and Report locations of the victims to the

00:01:36 First Responders