NDLI: Swarm technology for search and rescue through multi-sensor multi-viewpoint target identification

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Gustafson, E.H. Lollini, C.T. Bishop, B.E. Wick, C.E.
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Weapons & Syst. Eng., United States Naval Acad., Annapolis, MD, USA (Gustafson, E.H.; Lollini, C.T.; Bishop, B.E.; Wick, C.E.)
Abstract	In this paper, we present preliminary results from an undergraduate research project involving hardware and software development for a cooperative team of autonomous ground vehicles performing a search and rescue (SAR) operation. Key features of the proposed system are a novel localization method and cooperative target identification/situational evaluation using extremely low-cost hardware and simple user interfaces. The localization method relies on the use of technology from an optical computer mouse, which provides an innovative, low-computation solution for robot localization even on rough terrain. The proposed coordination scheme relies on low-bandwidth local communication, well suited to SAR environments, but also provides sufficient unit autonomy for the unstructured environment. Targets are located, identified and verified through cooperation and coordination of multiple viewpoints and data streams. The resulting system provides excellent flexibility, robustness and efficacy in a low-cost package.
Starting Page	352
Ending Page	356
File Size	992185
Page Count	5
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780388089
ISSN	00942898
DOI	10.1109/SSST.2005.1460935
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-03-20
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Hardware Optical computing Programming Land vehicles Ultraviolet sources User interfaces Mice Robot localization Robustness Packaging
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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