FIRE AND RESCUE ROBOTICS OF EMERCOM OF RUSSIA AND PROSPECTS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT

В статье рассмотрено становление робототехники в МЧС России и использование робототехнических средств (комплексов) в ликвидации последствий чрезвычайных ситуаций природного и техногенного характера при тушении крупных и сложных пожаров. Представлен анализ работы, проведенной научными учреждениями за последние 15 лет в области разработки нормативно-правовых документов, а также создания робототехнических средств (комплексов) различных классов для реагирующих подразделений МЧС России. The article discusses the formation of robotics in EMERCOM of Russia as well as the use of robotic facilities (complexes) for elimination of the consequences of natural and anthropogenic emergencies during extinguishing large and complex fires. The authors present an analysis of scientific institutions’ activities over the past 15 years in the field of development of regulatory documents, as well as construction of robotic facilities (complexes) of various classes for responding units of EMERCOM of Russia.

Learning-Based Methods of Perception and Navigation for Ground Vehicles in Unstructured Environments: A Review

The problem of autonomous navigation of a ground vehicle in unstructured environments is both challenging and crucial for the deployment of this type of vehicle in real-world applications. Several well-established communities in robotics research deal with these scenarios such as search and rescue robotics, planetary exploration, and agricultural robotics. Perception plays a crucial role in this context, since it provides the necessary information to make the vehicle aware of its own status and its surrounding environment. We present a review on the recent contributions in the robotics literature adopting learning-based methods to solve the problem of environment perception and interpretation with the final aim of the autonomous context-aware navigation of ground vehicles in unstructured environments. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first work providing such a review in this context.