Preliminary Report: Rescue Robot at Crandall Canyon, Utah, Mine Disaster Conference Paper

abstract

• This video provides a pr preliminary report of the eliminary use of a rescue robot from Aug. 24, to Sept. 2, 2007, at the Crandall Canyon, Utah, mine disaster. The customized Inuktun teleoperated robot was able to traverse over 1,400 feet through an 8 7/8 uncased borehole drilled, enter the mine and travel approximately 7 feet. The robot showed that the walls had deteriorated, indicating that a major collapse had occurred. The large debris combined with dense mud created unfavorable navigational conditions for the robot. The robot was lost o on the ascent, approximately 52 feet from the surface, n due to eroding borehole conditions. The video identifies open research questions. 2008 IEEE.

name of conference

• 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

authors

• Murphy, Robin

published proceedings

• 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

author list (cited authors)

• Murphy, R. R., Kravitz, J., Peligren, K., Milward, J., & Stanway, J.

citation count

• 11

complete list of authors

• Murphy, Robin R||Kravitz, Jeffery||Peligren, Ken||Milward, James||Stanway, Jeff

publication date

• May 2008

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/robot.2008.4543535

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 9781424416479

start page

• 2205

end page

• 2206

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/robot.2008.4543535