1P2-I05 Research on Gareki Engineering for Supporting Search and Rescue Activities in Earthquake-Collapsed Houses : Research Approach, Main Results, and Future Works(Search and Rescue Robot and Mechatronics (2))

Abstract

Gareki, which means collapsed structure or heaps of rubble in Japanese, is the main field of search and rescue activities in earthquake disasters. The author's group has been studying Gareki to accumulate engineering knowledge of disaster fields which can be effectively utilized for rescue robot evaluation and rescue operation planning. This report first explains the approach of Gareki engineering, and then summarizes the main results about Gareki structure analysis, digital Gareki archive, and rescue robot evaluation, followed by several topics to be investigated for applications in practical search and rescue activities.