Agent-based support for balancing teleoperation and autonomy in urban search and rescue

International Journal of Robotics and Automation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 120-127

  Wegner, R ^a   Anderson, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Autonomous Agents Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agents; Multi agent systems; Robotic rescue; Teleautonomy; Urban search and rescue

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ROBOTIC RESCUE; TELEAUTONOMY; TELEOPERATED MOBILE ROBOTS; URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 33744793807     PISSN: 08268185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2316/journal.206.2006.2.206-2796     Document Type: Conference Paper

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