Swarms of robots will revolutionize many industrial applications, from targeted material
delivery to precision farming. However, several of the heterogeneous characteristics that …

Rescue robots have been used in at least 28 disasters in six countries since the first
deployment to the 9/11 World Trade Center collapse. All types of robots have been used …

The area of cognitive or intelligent robotics is moving from the single monolithic robot control
and behavior problem to that of controlling robots with multiple components or multiple …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to address a classic problem–pattern formation
identified by researchers in the area of swarm robotic systems–and is also motivated by the …

In this work we are presenting the design of an intelligent hybrid optimization algorithm
which is based on Evolutionary Computation and Swarm Intelligence to increase the life …

This chapter describes the efforts of the LARICS team in the 2019 European Robotics
League (ERL) Emergency Robots and the 2020 Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics …

Natural calamities and disasters such as building collapse, post-tsunami, earthquakes are
some of the most disastrous situation mankind faces and, in such situations, rescuing of …

A challenge for autonomous rescue robots is determining their position in an unstructured
environment. Landmarks are rarely useful since any floor plan for a structure that predates a …

This paper addresses the modelling of land-use development described by users-services
systems. On one hand, the increasing economical, technological, social and environmental …

" Search balls" are small sensor units for searching inside of rubble. A search ball is not
equipped with locomotion mechanisms but contains some sensors for searching disaster …