TY - BOOK AU - Cubber,Geert De AU - Balta,Haris AU - Doroftei,Daniela AU - Govindaraj,Shashank AU - Lobo,Victor AU - Marques,M�rio AU - Matos,Anibal AU - Roda,Rui AU - Serrano,Daniel AU - Silva,Eduardo AU - Wagemans,Rene TI - Chapter Operational Validation of Search and Rescue Robots SN - intechopen.69497 PY - 2017/// PB - InTechOpen KW - Ambulance & rescue services KW - bicssc KW - rescue robotics, operational validation N1 - Open Access N2 - This chapter describes how the different ICARUS unmanned search and rescue tools have been evaluated and validated using operational benchmarking techniques. Two large‐scale simulated disaster scenarios were organized: a simulated shipwreck and an earthquake response scenario. Next to these simulated response scenarios, where ICARUS tools were deployed in tight interaction with real end users, ICARUS tools also participated to a real relief, embedded in a team of end users for a flood response mission. These validation trials allow us to conclude that the ICARUS tools fulfil the user requirements and goals set up at the beginning of the project UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/0203c9c2-aa2a-415b-b598-50d776995eea/56145.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/49216 ER -