Optimizing search and rescue missions through a cooperative mobile robot network

Abstract

Robots assist rescuers in search and rescue operations. An area of research that can significantly benefit search and rescue operations, if integrated, is cooperative robotics, since a multi-robot team can cover a vast area more efficiently than a single robot system. The research discussed in this paper focuses on the need for cooperative search and rescue robots, the related research in literature, and the design of a control architecture that will support the requirements of a cooperation system for search and rescue applications.