The IUB Rugbot: an intelligent, rugged mobile robot for search and rescue operations

The paper describes the IUB Rugbot, a rugged mobile robot that features quite some on-board intelligence. The robot and its software is the latest development of the IUB rescue robot team, which is active since 2001 in this research area. IUB robotics takes an integrated approach to rescue robots. This means that the development of the according systems ranges from the basic mechatronics to the high-level functionalities for intelligent behavior.

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