Unmand exploration of a building
ICT & Technology
Client company:Military, Police, Fire brigade
Project description
In the work field of police, military and the fire brigade, it sometimes happens that a building has to be explored. Exploring a building can be dangerous in this field of work due to various circumstances. Think of a building that is occupied by armed people or a building where a fire has broken out. It can therefore be life-threatening to send a person into such a building.
To solve this problem, the police and defense are looking at deploying mobile autonomous systems, or robots, to explore the building so that a person does not have to risk his or her life. However, the police do not yet have a robot available that can autonomously scan a building.
Context
In the work field of police, military and the fire brigade, it sometimes happens that a building has to be explored. Exploring a building can be dangerous in this field of work due to various circumstances. Think of a building that is occupied by armed people or a building where a fire has broken out. It can therefore be life-threatening to send a person into such a building.
To solve this problem, the police and defense are looking at deploying mobile autonomous systems, or robots, to explore the building so that a person does not have to risk his or her life. However, the police do not yet have a robot available that can autonomously scan a building.
Results
Within this project, we succeeded in allowing the robot (Jackal UGV) to drive autonomously through a space. While driving through a room, the robot avoids stationary objects and generates a floor plan of the scanned surrounded by means of a lidar sensor. This floor plan is displayed on a web application. The robot also scans for objects such as a staircase or a door while driving. If these are detected, he takes a picture. This photo is stored on the robot and can therefore be seen on the web application.