Description
Christian W. Frey is head of the research group 'Multisensor Systems' at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation in Karlsruhe, Germany. His research interests are in the field of machine learning and advanced sensor fusion concepts and the application to robotics and a wide range of industrial processes. He published over 50 technical papers and contributions for books.
The SENEKA project idea aims to provide task forces and rescue teams with sensors and robots capable of forming dynamic networks, thereby significantly reducing the time required for the most important phases of disaster management when it comes to saving lives: reconnaissance of the disaster area and the search for victims and sources of danger.
The typical ad-hoc nature of natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis etc.), terrorist attacks and large-scale industrial accidents (e.g. in nuclear power plants) makes rapid, extensive, situation-specific reconnaissance and detection of victims and sources of danger essential for saving lives.
Mobile aerial and terrestrial robots (UAV, UGV) with a wireless communication capability autonomously and semi-autonomously carry various function-specific sensors for reconnaissance tasks along planned collision-free movement trajectories through the terrain, and they directly position them in critical locations.
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