With the robots tending to accumulate more and more capabilities beyond the level of acting
in a deterministic fashion, the idea of introducing them into our every day lives seems to be …

This paper provides a review of research on robotics in crises, disasters, and crisis
management, and identifies research gaps and directions for future research. The paper …

Where am I? This is one of the most critical questions that any intelligent system should
answer to decide whether it navigates to a previously visited area. This problem has long …

The evolution of contemporary mobile robotics has given thrust to a series of additional
conjunct technologies. Of such is the semantic mapping, which provides an abstraction of …

Search‐and‐rescue operations have recently been confronted with the introduction of
robotic tools that assist the human search‐and‐rescue workers in their dangerous but life …

The congregation of crowd undoubtedly constitutes an important risk factor, which may
endanger the safety of the gathered people. The solution reported against this significant …

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAVs) technology can provide a critical and multifaceted
support in Search and Rescue (SAR) operations. They can be of invaluable use in …

Modern search and rescue workers are equipped with a powerful toolkit to address natural
and man-made disasters. This introductory chapter explains how a new tool can be added to …

If we have been there before, we realize that viewing a single photograph is sufficient to
understand where the picture was captured. This fact highlights the impact of appearance …

Robots are flexible intelligent machines designed to replace human operators in dangerous,
dirty, and dull tasks. Therefore, an apparent application of robotics is to provide assistance in …