Robotic agents for disaster response robotics ( Invited Talk Abstract )
Daniele Nardi · International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling · 2010
Disaster Response Robotics is a challenging domain, where the need for intelligent robotic agents (as opposed to just robots) is motivated both by technical considerations and in a practical application perspective. In emergency scenarios time is critical. Hence, there is a great demand for tools that improve the effectiveness of operations. Although there are specific actions that can be accomplished by a robot, such as for example bomb disposal, a key goal of disas- ter response robots is to acquire knowledge about the sce- nario. In fact, a robot can gather data in places that would be either dangerous or inaccessible to the human operator. This often means that the robot is typically not under the visual control of the operator, and sometimes also not con- nected by a communication link. Consequently, teleopera- tion can be difficult, if not impossible, and the need arises for intelligent and autonomous capabilities. Moreover, the use of multiple robots naturally stands as a possible break- through, given also that disaster scenarios are typically spa- tially distributed. New challenges hence come up in terms of autonomy, cooperation and collective behaviors. In the first part of the talk, I briefly overview the state of the art