A prototype development of ET rescue robot by using a UML

Abstract

This article proposes a prototype development of ET (Embedded technology) rescue robot that follows an object-oriented analysis and design methodology (OOADM) by using a UML (Unified modeling language) as a tool in the process. The idea is to improve the robot application development process to be efficient, rapid, and conformable with the standard by using the UML. The ET rescue robot prototype comprises of the two systems; a robot control system and a victim discovering system. The robot operation control is performed by a computer that interconnects the robot via a Bluetooth network. The operator monitors the robot operation by using video, sound, and temperature data that are captured through a camera, sound sensor, and temperature sensor installed on the robot to discover the victim, respectively. The robot was tested and experimented under the environment imitated the victim discovery in disastrous scenario. The result reflected that the prototype of ET rescue robot can be developed in the application level by following the OOADM as specified in the requirements.