Autonomous drones will play an essential role in human-machine teaming in future search
and rescue (SAR) missions. We present a prototype that finds people fully autonomously in …

In this work, we consider the problem of planning paths for a team of autonomous
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to assist search and rescue practitioners. To address the …

There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance of Multi-Robot
coordination and Modular Robotics. This work evaluates the secure coordination of an …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been proposed for a wide range of applications.
Their use in wilderness search and rescue (WiSAR), in particular, has been investigated for …

This paper reports on the performance of a novel system for supporting search and rescue
activities, known as SARUAV (search and rescue unmanned aerial vehicle), in a field …

Simulation–optimization models are well-suited for real-time decision-support to the control
room for search and interception of fugitives by Police on a road network, due to their ability …

Search and rescue (SAR) missions comprise search for, and provision of aid to people who
are in distress or imminent danger. Providing the best possible input for the planners and …

Locating a mobile target, untrackable in real-time, is pertinent to numerous time-critical
applications, such as wilderness search and rescue. This paper proposes a hybrid approach …

Search and rescue operations are all time‐sensitive and this is especially true when
searching for a vulnerable missing person, such as a child or elderly person suffering …

There is a large body of literature on disorientation, ranging from behavioral studies to the
analysis of search and rescue operations. However, the subjective side of disorientation …