Course Content

Nowadays, with the advancement of technology and the emergence of new sciences, the needs of humankind have changed. Robotics is one of the sciences responding to such needs. It has made great progress and moved from fiction to reality. Every year, various collapse of man-made structures such as bridges, buildings and also natural disasters like Earthquake, landslides, floods occur in different parts of the world.

The Urban search and Rescue (USAR) says, the probability of saving a victim is high only within the first 48 hours of rescue operation and then the probability becomes Zero. In such cases, humans are being trapped in the cavities created by collapsed building either in conscious or unconscious state. One of the major Natural disaster (floods) that took place in August 2019, in Karnataka resulted in a huge loss of Human lives and property. A recent collapse of building at Mumbai in July-2019 claimed nearly 14 lives. In the time of rescue operation, fire fighters, policemen and medical assistance are deployed. These people are exposed to very dangerous situations caused by the destructed environment they work in like collapsed buildings, landslides, floods, etc

So, there is a chance for the rescuer to become a victim who needs to be rescued. It means the rescue operation imposes a substantial risk on rescue personnel themselves. So, from this point of view there is a need to look for an alternative to Human rescuers. This has always been a great challenge. Thanks to the new communication and control technologies, the robot identifies and rescues the victims of disasters such as floods, earthquakes and other natural disasters during the rescue operation.

Mechanics section includes the mechanical design and transmission systems along with its specific features. Electronics section includes the control circuit design, startup circuits, power supplies and the sensors used in the rescue robot.

ADVANTAGES

1.Rescue robots are used to search for victims & survivors in Disaster Zones.

2.Rescue robots can save the people lives with less time consumption. They are stronger to carry more people in a single run to save lives.

3.Rescue robots can carry out duties similar to human duties without the actual danger to human lives in Hazardous environment.

4.Robots can rescue survivors in any event and they can also save soldiers who have fallen in battle. The rescue robots are excellent evidence for machine intelligence.

CONCLUSIONS

The goal of this project is to provide a rescue robot which is capable of saving the lives of victims in the disaster environment. During disasters, the main purpose of rescue Operation is to rescue the large number of people in the shortest time, while minimizing the risk to rescuers. The existing rescue robots are capable of detecting victims but they alone are not sufficient to save the victim. Instead, it requires a rescuer to get the victim out from the hazardous situation.