A Human-Robot Interface for Urban Search and Rescue

This paper describes the Swarthmore College entry in the 2003 Urban Search and Rescue (USR) Event at the 2003 American Association for Artificial Intelligence Robot Competition. The primary focus of Swarthmore's entry was the development of a fast, responsive user interface for effectively tele-operating a robot with some autonomous capability. This interface was inspired by first-person video game interfaces, and enabled Swarthmore to place second in the 2003 USR competition.