Remotely Operated CBRNe Scene Assessment & Forensic Examination

The overall goal of ‌‌ROCSAFE is to fundamentally change how CBRNe events are assessed, in order to and ensure the safety of crime scene investigators by reducing the need for them to enter high-risk scenes when they have to determine the nature of threats and gather forensics.

For this, ROCSAFE will make use of cost-effective modern remotely-controlled robotic air and ground vehicles (RAVs/RGVs) that are designed for use in rain, wind, and challenging ground surfaces and obstacles.

First, RAVs will assess the scene. These will have cameras and can carry an array of innovative new high-performance and rugged miniaturised sensor systems for RN, chemical and biological threats.

To reduce the scene commander’s cognitive load, ROCSAFE will include new Central Decision Management software and a Command Centre. All images and data will be streamed to this, where it will be analysed and displayed on a sophisticated and intuitive interface with maps and video, showing results of analytics and giving readings geographical context. This will enable the scene commander to assess the nature of threats, develop an Action Plan and an Evidence Plan, supported as needed by the Central Decision Management. It will also assist in coordinating sensors and mobile units. Its data analytics will provide fusion of multiple sensor data sources, to allow probabilistic reasoning about the most likely threats and likely locations of epicentres.

After the scene is assessed, RGVs will be dispatched to collect forensic material/evidence, with automatically-optimised routes to avoid hazards. They will have innovative new equipment for forensics collection that will automate best practices. Forensic material will be collected, bagged, tagged, documented, and stored by the RGV.

Thus, ‌‌ROCSAFE will ensure that CBRNe scenes are assessed more rapidly and thoroughly than is currently possible, and that forensic evidence is collected in a manner that stands up in court, without putting personnel at risk.

Public Presentations

Date
Dissemination Event
Attendee
Partner

10/2016

The European Forum for the Safety and Security Research.           

José L. Diego

Valencia Police

11/2016

EDA  C-IED project team meeting

Ray Lane

DFI

11/2016

Major Emergency Management National Conference

Peter Daly

IAEMO

12/2016

ICMC, University of Sao Paulo

Brett Drury

NUI Galway

02/2017

infodron.es , press note in Spanish news site

Ramon Pericet

IBA

04/2017

CBRNe Summit Europe 2017

Ramon Pericet

IBA

05/2017

COU Brussels

Brett Drury

NUI Galway

07/2017

Autonomous Systems and Human Factors Perspectives related to man-machine interaction/teaming.

Michael Madden

NUI Galway

Deliverables

 Access to publicly distributable deliverables will be available from this web-site.

Publications

Conference
Title
Partner

IEEE Games, Entertainment, Media Conference, 2018

Using a Game Engine to Simulate Critical Incidents and Data Collection by Autonomous Drones

NUIG

27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2018

A Virtual Environment with Multi-Robot Navigation, Analytics, and Decision Support for Critical Incident Investigation

NUIG

2nd International Workshop on A.I. in Security, at European Conference on Machine Learning, 2018

A Virtual Testbed for Critical Incident Investigation with Autonomous Remote Aerial Vehicle Surveying, Artificial Intelligence, and Decision Support

NUIG

ECML PKDD International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Security,  2018

An Information Retrieval System for CBRNe Incidents

NUIG

First International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Security An IJCAI Workshop Melbourne, 2017

ROCSAFE: Remote Forensics for High Risk Incidents

NUIG

20th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems and Eurosensors XXXIII

GC-QEPAS: a MEMS-enabled Portable Trace Chemical Sensor for Safety & Security Applications

CNR/CREO

41st PIERS proceedings

Deployable Sensor for Trace Identification of Hazardous Chemicals in Dirty Environment, Based on FAST Gas-chromatography and Quartz Enhanced Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

CNR/CREO

International Conference On Innovation And Intelligence For Informatics, Computing, And Technologies, 2019

Ground Operations Management using a Data Governance Dashboard

IAEMO