Methods and techniques for intelligent navigation and manipulation for bomb disposal and rescue operations

Handing a teleoperated robotic mechanism demands special skills and involves particular problems. Especially in cases of robots dealing with rescue operations or bomb disposal. In such cases any lost in communications might arise unpredictable results. Also either a bomb or a survivor need attentional handling. In this paper we describe automatic methods and techniques developed on a multifunctional teleoperated robot. These intend to assist both the robot and the human operator in accomplishing their mission towards rescue or bomb disposal.