1. The RoboCup-Rescue Committee The RoboCup Federation
The RoboCup-Rescue Project: A Robotic Approach to the Disaster Mitigation Problem
Satoshi Tadokoro Hiroaki Kitano Kobe Univ Sony CS Lab.
The RoboCup-Rescue Committee The RoboCup Federation
2000 IEEE Intl. Conf. On Robotics & Automation, San Francisco, April 27, 2000

2. Earthquake Disaster > 3 times/year
Earthquake disaster --- frequent
Search & rescue problems should be researched
Top 10 earthquakes in the 20th century

3. Expected Contribution of Robotics
Industrial Robot Contribution
Save workers from 3D jobs
Demanding, Dirty, Dangerous
Cost Reduction
Efficiency Improvement
Quality Improvement
Rescue Robot Contribution
…...
Why robots?
(Kawasaki Heavy Industry Co.)

4. RoboCup (Robot Soccer WorldCup)
Grand Challenge: “Autonomous humanoid team wins WorldCup championship until 2050.”
35 countries 3,000 researchers
Technology transfer for
Socially important problems
Future industries
Human welfare
What is RoboCup

5. Soccer and Search & Rescue
Commonality of soccer and s&r problem
Rescue research as an advance of soccer research

6. Dream of Robotics and AI
If mighty robot heroes
in SF and comics …..
Robotics and AI dream
(Mighty Atom, Osamu Tezuka)
(Gundam)

7. RoboCup-Rescue Objectives
From Simulation to Real Robots
Real-Time Decision Support by Simulation
Rescue Robots Development
Digitally Empowered Rescue Agents
Social Infrastructure for Safety
RoboCup-Rescue objectives
A Grand Challenge of Robotics and AI

8. Simulation Project
Distributed simulators and agents

9. System with real-world interface and human interface

10. Real-World Interface
Integration of Sensors and Machines Distributed in the city
Automated data collection of disaster
Integration of Social Infrastructures
Control and supervise disaster prevention activities
Real world interface

11. Human Interface Integration of Human and Virtual World
Digitally Empowered Rescue Agents
Wearable computer
Information augmentation
Advanced Emergency Response Center
Efficient decision making
Ubiquitous ER center function
Man-machine

12. Behavior Planning Challenge
Complex Constraints
Incomplete information
Real-time decision
Numerous heterogeneous agents
Effect of logistics
Complex objectives
Life saving
Prevention of secondary disaster
Data collection
Long-tem / short-term
Intelligence for Real-World Planning

13. Simulator Advantages Effect of agent activities  Action Strategy
Mutual effect of primary/secondary disasters  Accuracy
Distributed computation & open architecture  Cost Effectiveness Rapid Development
Simulator advantage

14. Social Contributions Real-time disaster mitigation advancement
Worldwide standardization of emergency decision support in disasters
Control of infrastructure systems for disaster mitigation
Civilians’ optimal behavior in disasters
Training of emergency response
Social contributions

15. Perspective Advanced Search & Rescue Operation
Disaster
Prevention
Science
Crisis
Management
Information
Science
Mechanical
Engineering
Robotics & Infrastructure Project
Simulation
Project
Electrical
Engineering
Politics
Civil
Engineering
Architecture
Perspective of RoboCup-Rescue Projects
Advanced Search & Rescue Operation
Integration

16. RoboCup-Rescue Roadmap
～ Open Prototype Simulator in Public and Call for Participants
(Hakodate Japan Open, ICMAS Boston,
Melbourne RoboCup WC, etc.)
～ st Research Evaluation Conference
～ Full-Scale Simulation
～2020 Contribution in Real Disaster Fields
～2050 Mighty Rescue Robots in Practice
Contemporary ‘Thunderbird’ for S&R
Roadmap

17. Conclusions A New RoboCup Challenge Call for Participants
Disaster mitigation, emergency response and search & rescue problem
New grand challenge of AI and robotics
Creation of social safety and peace
Call for Participants
After July, Visit
Alpha Testing Request:
Conclusions

18. RoboCup-Rescue Simulator Image
Takahashi’s VRML
RoboCup-Rescue Image by H. Takahashi (Port & Harbour Research Institute)

19. RoboCup-Rescue Image by Kuwata (NTT Data Co.)
Kuwata’s VRML
RoboCup-Rescue Image by Kuwata (NTT Data Co.)

20. RoboCup-Rescue Simulator Prototype
Call for Participants
After July, Visit
Alpha Testing Request to