A comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference for disaster robotics that covers
theory, specific deployments, and ground, air, and marine modalities. This book offers the …

Three-dimensional perception of the environment offers significant potential to improve
navigation solutions for mobile systems. The Pixel-Mixed-Device Technology (PMD) offers …

In this paper, the first application of utilizing a unique 3D sensor for sequential 3D map
building in unknown cluttered urban search and rescue (USAR) environments is proposed …

Abstract Time-of-Flight (TOF) cameras relate to a very recent and growing technology which
has already proved to be useful for computer vision tasks. In this paper we investigate on the …

This paper describes a visual display that provides depth of objects to be grasped and was
developed at the request of a local bomb squad for use with a bomb disposal robot. The …

This paper introduces our robotic system named UGAV (Unmanned Ground-Air Vehicle)
consisting of two semi-autonomous robot platforms, an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) …

Search and rescue (SAR) is a challenging application for autonomous robotics research.
The requirements of this kind of application are very demanding and are still far from being …

The use of robots for hazardous situations dates back to the Three Mile Island Nuclear
incident (eg, Pavelek 1985; Whittaker and Champeny 1987; Geifer et al. 1988). More …

VolksBot RT Page 1 Teleoperated Visual Inspection and Surveillance with Unmanned Ground
and Aerial Vehicles Sebastian Blumenthal1, Dirk Holz1, Thorsten Linder1, Peter Molitor2 …

As humans, we have evolved to see in three dimensions. Our ancestors developed two eyes
that only look forward, which allows the visual area that can perceive depth to be most of the …