Opportunistic communications (oppcomms) use low-cost human wearable mobile nodes
allowing the exchange of packets at a close range of a few to some tens of meters with …

Abstract Fire risk in Architectural Heritage represents a fundamental problem for occupants'
safety. Italian-style historical theatres are one of the most interesting examples because of …

After hearing a fire alarm, people continue to carry out activities not directly connected to the
evacuation procedure: this pre-movement phase could be very long, especially when …

It is well known that trained leaders have an important influence on saving human lives in
emergency evacuation. In this paper, we present a novel distributed multi‐robot system for …

The motion of the bucket in an LHD (load-haul-dump) loader and the required forces in the
hydraulic cylinder, and the pushing force during a loading operation are studied. Based on …

We describe an autonomous emergency support system (ESS) based on opportunistic
communications (oppcomms) to support navigation and evacuation of civilians in built …

In smart city services, information systems can provide efficient and effective support during
an emergency, and an emergency management system can make use of any available …

Many people have faced mortal risks due to sudden disasters such as earthquakes, fires,
and terrorisms, etc. In disasters where most people become panic, it is important to grasp …

We have previously proposed an Emergency Rescue Evacuation Support System (ERESS).
ERESS is based on Mobile Ad-hoc network (MANET) and aims to reduce the number of …

The evacuation of urban areas during an emergency is complex and challenging due to the
dynamic conditions and ambiguity of information available to people in the affected area …