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The rescue services face numerous challenges when entering and exploring dangerous environments in low or no visibility conditions and often without meaningful auditory and visual feedback. In such situations, rescue-personnel may have to rely solely on their own immediate haptic feedback in order to make their way in and out of a burning building by running their hands along the wall as a means of navigation. Consequently, the development of technology and machinery (robot) to support exploration and aid navigation would provide a significant benefit to the search and rescue operation; enhancing the capabilities of the fire and rescue personal and increasing their ability to exit safely [1]. A brief review and analysis of the previous published literature on exploring environments in low or no visibility conditions where haptic feedback has been utilized is provided and the design of a new intelligent haptic rein is proposed.
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Research was supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) grant no. EP/I028757/1.
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Elyounnss, M., Holloway, A., Penders, J., Alboul, L. (2016). Development of an Intelligent Robotic Rein for Haptic Control and Interaction with Mobile Machines. In: Alboul, L., Damian, D., Aitken, J. (eds) Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems. TAROS 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9716. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40379-3_11
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