Project description
Life-detecting robot to the rescue
After an earthquake, landslide or flood, search and rescue teams scramble to help trapped survivors. Finding victims can be a tough job, even with the use of sniffer dogs, highly sensitive audio listening devices, and thermal imaging cameras. The EU-funded CURSOR project is developing mini robotic equipment and advanced sensors to assist in these operations. Specifically, their system comprises unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 3D modelling, and transportation of disposable miniaturised robots that are equipped with advanced sensors for the detection of volatile chemical signatures emanating from human beings. Information and data collected are transferred in real time to a handheld device operated by first responders at the disaster site.
Objective
The CURSOR proposal aims at developing new and innovative ways of detecting victims under debris. This includes the coordinated use of miniaturized robotic equipment and advanced sensors for achieving significant improvements in search and rescue operations with respect to (a) the time used to detect trapped victims after a building structure has collapsed, and (b) an informed and accelerated decision making by first responders during rescue operations allowing for the deployment of expert personnel and, in particular for operations in hazardous environments, suitable equipment at prioritized locations.
CURSOR is proposing a system consisting of several integrated technological components. It includes Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for command & control, 3D modelling and transportation of disposable miniaturized robots, that are equipped with advanced sensors for the sensitive detection of volatile chemical signatures of human beings. Information and data collected are transferred in real time to a handheld device operated by first responders at the disaster site.
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10559 Berlin
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13120 Gardanne
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L30 4YD Merseyside
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73230 Saint-Alban-Leysse
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175 63 ATHINA
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106 82 ATHINA
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118 54 ATHENS
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AL1 4QE St Albans
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2500 Baden
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980 8577 Sendai
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7034 Trondheim
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75015 PARIS 15
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M13 9PL Manchester
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10787 Berlin
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Dundalk Louth
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SW1X 7QA London
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75008 Paris
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80333 Munchen
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00189 Roma
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12489 Berlin
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