Objective In the event of an emergency due to a fire or other crisis it is time consuming to establish whether the ground can be entered safely by human beings. The VIEW-FINDER project seeks to develop and utilise robots and an advanced base station for inspection and in-situ data gathering.The robots will be installed with onboard TV/IR cameras, LADAR and other sensors to enhance scene reconstruction, as well as a wide array of chemical sensors. The data will be sent to the base station for processing and presented to the command of the operation combined with information originating from a web of sources. The information can also be forwarded to the relevant forces dealing with the crisis (e.g. fire fighters, rescue workers and police).Besides the task specific sensors, 'conventional' sensors will support navigation. The robots will navigate individually or cooperatively by following high level instructions from the base station. The robots are made up of off-the-shelf units, including wheeled robots for the common fire ground and caterpillars for more exceptional circumstances. The robots will connect to the base station and to each other; using a wireless self-organising network of mobile communication nodes (that consist of other robots) which adapts to the terrain. The robots are intended to be used as the first explorers of the danger area, as well as to act as in-situ supporters and safeguards to human personnel.The base station collects in-situ data and combines it with information retrieved from the large-scale GMES-information bases. It is equipped with a sophisticated human interface to display the information in a convenient and useable form to the human operators and operation command. The project will provide proof-of-concept solutions, to be evaluated by a board of End-Users, thus ensuring that all operational needs are addressed and accounted for. Project workshops that aim at further dissemination and exploitation of results will be organised. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2005-2.6.1 - Advanced Robotics Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY EU contribution No data Address HOWARD STREET SHEFFIELD United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ECOLE ROYALE MILITAIRE - PATRIMOINE Belgium EU contribution No data Address AVENUE DE LA RENAISSANCE 30 1000 BRUXELLES See on map Total cost No data EIDIKOS LOGARIASMOS EREVNON DIMOKRITEIOU PANEPISTIMIOU THRAKIS Greece EU contribution No data Address VAS. SOFIAS 12 67100 XANTHI See on map Total cost No data GALILEO AVIONICA - S.P.A. Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA ALBERT EINSTEIN 35 50013 CAMPI BISENZIO See on map Total cost No data INTELLIGENCE FOR ENVIRONMENT & SECURITY SRL - IES SOLUTIONS SRL Italy EU contribution No data Address VIA DEL BABUINO 99 00187 ROMA See on map Total cost No data PRZEMYSLOWY INSTYTUT AUTOMATYKI I POMIAROW Poland EU contribution No data Address See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data SOUTH YORKSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address REGENT STREET S70 2PQ BARNSLEY See on map Total cost No data SPACE APPLICATIONS SERVICES Belgium EU contribution No data Address LEUVENSESTEENWEG 325 1932 ZAVENTEM See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA "LA SAPIENZA" Italy EU contribution No data Address PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 5 00185 ROMA See on map Total cost No data
