Search and Rescue Robotics - From Theory to Practice

In the event of large crises (earthquakes, typhoons, floods,...), a primordial task of the fire and rescue services is the search for human survivors on the incident site. This is a complex and dangerous task, which - too often - leads to loss of lives among the human crisis managers themselves. Thi...

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