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Experiment of maneuverability of flexible mono‐tread mobile track and differential‐type tracked vehicle

Haji, Takafumi; Kinugasa, Tetsuya; Yoshida, Koji; … - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 37 (2010) 3, pp. 263-272

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the maneuverability of flexible mono‐tread mobile track (FMT) and usual differential‐type tracked vehicle (DTV) through some experiments. A new mobile mechanism: FMT has been proposed which is employing “flexible chain” and vertebral...

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Multi‐robot team formation control in the GUARDIANS project

Saez‐Pons, Joan; Alboul, Lyuba; Penders, Jacques; … - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 37 (2010) 4, pp. 372-383

Purpose – The Group of Unmanned Assistant Robots Deployed in Aggregative Navigation by Scent (GUARDIANS) multi … visibility, represent major challenges for search and rescue operations. The GUARDIANS robots act alongside a firefighter and …‐robot teams, which have to be achieved without central and on‐line control in both categories of GUARDIANS robots' tasks. Design …

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Development of a serpentine omnitread robot for searching in explosive gas atmospheres

Zhao, Jie; Han, Zhenfeng; Liu, Gangfeng - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 38 (2011) 5, pp. 469-475

Purpose – There is explosive gas in many disaster environments. The conventional search and rescue robots are not …

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Real time 3D localization and mapping for USAR robotic application

Będkowski, Janusz; Masłowski, Andrzej; De Cubber, Geert - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 39 (2012) 5, pp. 464-474

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a real time 3D localization and mapping approach for the USAR (Urban Search and Rescue) robotic application, focusing on the performance and the accuracy of the General‐purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU)‐based...

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Advanced swarm robots addressing innovative tasks such as assembly, search, rescue, mapping, communication, aerial and other original applications

Bloss, Richard - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 41 (2014) 5, pp. 408-412

swarm-type robots to many challenging applications. Design/methodology/approach – An in-depth review of published … information and interviews with researchers and developers of swarm robot technology were conducted. Findings – Swarm robots … – Readers may be very surprised at the tasks that autonomous swarm robots can address and the developments that are underway to …

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Internet of Things-Based Emergency Response Management

Ghoni, Ruzlaini; Ibrahim, Tarmizi - In: International Journal of Disaster Response and … 1 (2018) 1, pp. 38-50

Disaster leads to huge destruction in terms of economic and human lives. While several technologies are available to cater disaster's occurrence, the Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm has opened a promising door toward dealing with disasters. This article proposes IoT-based emergency response...

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Communicating Location and Geography in Emergency Response

Bergstrand, Fredrik; Landgren, Jonas; Nuldén, Urban - In: International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis … 8 (2016) 1, pp. 47-64

Response organizations often face serious challenges as a result of communication problems during emergency events. This can to a large extent be traced to the tradition of verbal communication in this context. Issues in communication translate to matters of sensemaking, planning, and...

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Communicating with Citizens on the Ground: A Practical Study

Mazumdar, Suvodeep; Ciravegna, Fabio; Ireson, Neil; … - In: International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis … 8 (2016) 2, pp. 50-69

Availability and access to information is critical for a highly effective response to an ongoing event however, information reported by citizens is based on their context, bias and subjective interpretation, and the channel of communication may be too narrow to provide clear, accurate reporting....

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ICT and Disaster Management: A Study of the Social Media Use in 2015 Chennai City Floods

Vikas - In: International Journal of Public Administration in the … 4 (2017) 3, pp. 29-41

ICT-mediated public administration is a governance motive in this digital age. Government of India has embarked upon Digital India and Smart Cities Mission to reform public service delivery and governance in the country. However, the recent Chennai floods and the serious inadequacy of official...

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Managing the Commonplace: Small Water Emergencies in Libraries

Chaudron, Gerald - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 5 (2016) 1, pp. 42-61

When libraries undertake emergency planning, it is likely that the risks such planning attempts to address are at the catastrophic level. In the case of water-related emergencies, the literature about disaster planning focuses on 100-year floods or hurricanes rather than the more common events...

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