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Negative emotion speech classification for a six-leg rescue robot
Published in Jimmy C.M. Kao, Wen-Pei Sung, Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering, 2017
The first version of our six-leg teleoperated rescue robot (Figure 1) is developed for executing rescue missions at disaster areas. With the help of rubber suction cups, it is capable of surmounting obstacles, operating valves, etc. in disaster areas. The sensory equipment includes auditory, tactile, ultrasonic, and vision sensors, which allow the rescue robot to behave autonomously and interact with rescuers. For protection consideration, all processing and control systems are located in the robot’s body.
Reinforcement Learning
Published in Mark Chang, Artificial Intelligence for Drug Development, Precision Medicine, and Healthcare, 2020
RL can be particularly useful in attacking problems that require strong interactions with different environments, such as self-cleaning vacuum cleaners and rescue robots. A rescue robot is a robot that has been designed for the purpose of rescuing people in mining accidents, urban disasters, hostage situations, and explosions. The benefits of rescue robots to these operations include reduced personnel requirements, reduced fatigue, and access to otherwise unreachable areas.
Development and evaluation of a search-and-rescue robot Paripreksya 2.0 for WRS 2020
Published in Advanced Robotics, 2022
Rajesh Kannan Megalingam, Shree Rajesh Raagul Vadivel, Anandu Rajendraprasad, Akhil Raj, Siddharth Baskar, Ragavendra Balasubramani Marutha Babu
This section discusses the system requirements by analysing the various tasks performed by the rescue robot. The rescue robot needs to overcome obstacles and maintain its horizontal balance during inspection and mapping. Embedding two pairs of assistive flipper mechanisms helps in controlling the centre of mass (COM) to avoid backflipping. This was helpful when the robot moves on uneven terrains and views the objects at certain angles that are required for inspection tasks. The robot was expected to run in harsh environments that contain gaps, staircases, irregularly shaped barriers, and various surface materials. Thus, employing tracked belts for the drive and flipper wheel increases the traction capabilities since the robot creates more contact with terrains. The robot was equipped with five degrees of freedom arm and cameras for performing manipulation, inspection and exploration tasks. The functionality of the robot depends on several factors such as size, weight, location of COM and flipper’s geometry. Figure 1a shows the solid works design of Paripreksya 2.0. All components, equipment and fasteners of the robot were designed and modelled in SolidWorks for initial assessments and weight estimation. Figure 1b shows the image of the actual robot.