Rubble Search with Canine Augmentation Technology

Ferworn, Alexander; Sadeghian, Alireza; Barnum, Kevin; Ostrom, Devin; Rahnama, Hossein; Woungang, Isaac

doi:10.1109/sysose.2007.4304328

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“…They were also interested in understanding how to better create Touchscreen systems for canine interaction [26]. Within the domain of SAR dogs, Ferworn et al augmented dogs with video capture for monitoring while searching areas unsafe for humans [7,8], and Tran also works to collect information from the environment around the SAR dog [22]. In any case, assistance dogs are being trained to effectively interact with technology to support the dog's working life.…”

Section: Related Work In Canine Computer Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Search and rescue

Zeagler

Byrne

Valentin

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction

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Search and Rescue (SAR) is a critical component of disaster recovery efforts. Every second saved in the search increases the chances of finding survivors and the majority of these teams prefer using canines [5]. Our goal is to help enable SAR dog and handler teams to work together more effectively. Using a semi-structured interviews and guidance from K9-SAR experts as we iterate through designs, we develop a two-part system consisting of a wearable computer interface for working SAR dogs that communicates with their handler via a mobile application. Additionally, we discuss the system around a heuristic framework that includes dogs as active participants. Finally, we show the viability of our tool by evaluating it with feedback from three SAR experts.

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Section: Related Work In Canine Computer Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Search and rescue

Zeagler

Byrne

Valentin

et al. 2016

Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Animal-Computer Interaction

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“…Additionally, recent work has produced systems by which working dogs are able to remotely transmit information back to their handlers. This information can include their location or biometric data, or even intentional signals from the dogs [3,4]. Finally, another range of applications have been developed specifically to enable working dogs, including assistance dogs, to carry out remote communication tasks by interacting with a wearable vest interface that the dog is able to bite, pull, or touch with their nose to communicate with a handler [6].…”

Section: Canine-computer Interactionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploring assistive technology for assistance dog owners in emergency situations

Robinson

Mancini

Linden

et al. 2015

Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

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Many vulnerable individuals own an assistance dog. Previous work has shown that a domestic alarm, Ringsel, allows assistance dogs to "call for help" via a canine interface that they interact with by pulling a detachment off with their mouths. Here we discuss the potential for systems like the Ringsel to leverage distinct behavioral patterns exhibited by the canine users to aid the automatic detection of emergencies by being used in coordination with existing assistive technologies for emergency detection and response.

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“…Wireless network challenges include the materials found in a disaster area. The debris varies from concrete rubble, sewer pipes, rebar, and even vehicles [11]. USAR challenges include dogs venturing out of sight of their respective handlers [9].…”

Section: Urban Search and Rescue Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A complementary area of research is the augmentation of USAR dogs [8][9][10][11] with technology that allows emergency first responders to experience what is happening around the dog while it is searching. While this area of research is very important, the handler still does not know what the dog is actually doing while out of sight; this augmenting of senses focuses on what is around the dog and not the dog itself.…”

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Wireless Mesh Network Performance for Urban Search and Rescue Missions

Ribeiro

Ferworn

Tran

2010

IJCNC

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In this paper we demonstrate that the Canine Pose Estimation (CPE) system can provide a reliable estimate for some poses and when coupled with effective wireless transmission over a mesh network. Pose estimates are time sensitive, thus it is important that pose data arrives at its destination quickly. Propagation delay and packet delivery ratio measuring algorithms were developed and used to appraise Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) performance as a means of carriage for this time-critical data. The experiments were conducted in the rooms of a building where the radio characteristics closely resembled those of a partially collapsed building-a typical US&R environment. This paper presents the results of the experiments, which demonstrate that it is possible to receive the canine pose estimation data in realtime although accuracy of the results depend on the network size and the deployment environment.Comment: 19 Pages, IJCNC Journa

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Rubble Search with Canine Augmentation Technology

Cited by 28 publications

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Exploring assistive technology for assistance dog owners in emergency situations

Wireless Mesh Network Performance for Urban Search and Rescue Missions

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