The RoboCup-Rescue: an IT challenge to emergency response problem in disaster
Satoshi TADKORO, Hiroaki Kitano, Tokiichiro Takahashi, Itsuki Noda, Hitoshi Matsubara, Atsushi Shinjoh, T. Koto, I. Takeuchi, Hidenori Takahashi, Fumitoshi Matsuno, Michinori Hatayama, M. Ohta, Masayuki Tayama, T. Matsui, Tadahiro Kaneda, R. Chiba, K. Takeuchi, Jun Nobe, K. Noguchi, Y. Kuwata · 2002
RoboCup-Rescue is an international cooperative research project that IT, AI and robotics challenge to solve a universal social problem, search and rescue at emergency disasters. This paper describes this project from the viewpoint of technological challenge. It also presents RoboCup-Rescue Simulation Project where a prototype has been released attracting researchers worldwide. This project is open to the public and calling participation of researchers and research groups.