Human-computer interaction in the PeLoTe rescue system

Interaction between human rescue workers and rescue systems provide a great challenge. The proposed system consists of mobile robots that explore the emergency area, in order to reduce the risk for human life and a localization system for the human rescuers. Human and robotic team members are supported, guided and coordinated by a supervisor. Remote sensor data acquired by the team members as well as a priori Information about environment and efficient, intuitive user interfaces provide the basis for decisions. This paper describes the designed graphical user interfaces and the experiments that where performed together with test participants, fire fighters as well as non fire fighters. In particular, results of a demonstration in a fire training house are summarized.