A basic task of rescue robot systems is mapping of the environment. Localizing injured persons, guiding rescue workers and excavation equipment requires a precise 3D map of the environment. This paper presents a new 3D laser range finder and novel scan matching method for the robot Kurt3D [9]. Compared to previous machinery [12], the apex angle is enlarged to 360◦. The matching is based on sema...

A group of miniature mobile robots called Scouts were tested in the Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) course used in the RoboCup Rescue competition at IJCAI 2001. This testing was to evaluate the utility of using small robots with limited mobility and sensing constraints in the unstructured and chaotic environments present in disaster areas where USAR operations are required. The Scouts and their ...

Mutations in proteins allow functional innovation, but can be critically destabilizing. Recent work shows how chaperonins can rescue innovative mutants, with implications for protein engineering and adaptive evolution.

The risk to rescuers is of serious concern for the International Commission for Alpine Rescue (ICAR). For good reason, since ICAR receives annually reports of fellow rescuers injured or killed while on missions. In avalanche rescue many call outs occur when the general danger rating is 3 or higher and where conditions are further deteriorating. This means that both the approach and the accident...

unexpected extreme sudden traumatic stressor may cause post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd). important traumatic events include war, violent personal assault ( e.g. , sexual assault, and physical attack), being taken hostage or kidnapped, confinement as a prisoner of war, torture, terrorist attack, severe car accidents, and natural disasters. in childhood age sexual abuse or witnessing serious...

As a part of the broader goal of engaging robotics technology for the welfare of mankind, we propose to develop a co-operative network of intelligent rescue robots for natural disaster management. Over the last decade, rescue robots played an important role to reduce the damages caused by several natural disasters like Tohoku earthquake (Japan, 2011), Haiti earthquake (2010), Hurricane Katrina ...

With the rapid development of international aviation, air disaster often happens. When the plane crashed in the vast ocean, how to locate the wreckage and fast and effective rescue is worth studying. This paper focuses on locating the crashed plane, determining the rescue area and the search strategies. To locate the crashed plane, the mechanics principle of the crashed plane is analyzed and th...

BACKGROUND Several studies have addressed psychological problems after terror attacks, especially among victims. Fewer have addressed possible health consequences among rescue workers involved with terror attacks. This study's aim was to investigate the levels of sick-leave and psychological help seeking among rescue workers involved in the terror attacks in Norway on July 22, 2011, and to iden...