Robotic explorer to search people through face detection

This paper presents the implementation of an autonomous mobile robot which is capable of avoiding obstacles while it moves by means of an ultrasonic detection system and aims to find human faces. In a disaster such as a landslide or earthquake, where is possible that the initial condition of danger persists as would be the case of an earthquake, in which within a building, beams and parts of the structure remain committed, as well as the people who risk their lives finding victims. In response, the designed robot provides a solution by using artificial intelligence algorithms and image processing running on embedded systems. The obtained results allow the robot to move autonomously avoiding obstacles and stopping when it finds a human face.