Multiple-robot systems for USAR: Key design attributes and deployment issues

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-101

  Wong, Choon Yue ^a   Seet, Gerald ^a   Sim, Siang Kok ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognitive workload; Communication; Computation; Single human multiple robot system; Situation awareness; Urban search rescue

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMMUNICATION; INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN;

COGNITIVE WORKLOADS; COMPUTATIONAL LOADS; MULTIPLE ROBOT SYSTEM; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; PAYLOAD CONSTRAINTS; SITUATION AWARENESS; URBAN SEARCH; URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

EID: 79952457825     PISSN: 17298806     EISSN: 17298814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5772/10532     Document Type: Article

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