UC04.4: Detailed indoor exploration without ANYMAL (USAR)

Version 27.12 by Rosa Van Tuijn on 2026/03/25 10:02

Objective
Description	Baseline usecase with current way of working for entering a building and extraction victims, augmented with health and location sensors of first-responders for BoO.
TDP	2c: IDP "role-based, context-specific views",
IDP
Actors	Team leader, Safety officer (at HQ), Entry Team (FRs) (described at 4. Personas & Problem Scenarios and Direct Stakeholders)
Pre-Condition	Structure is flagged as (relatively?) safe for direct human entry; sector/ worksite allocated. Viable entrance identified. FRs wearables distributed, connected, and calibrated.
Post-Condition	Health alerts handled; intervention performed if needed.
Status	Hazards marked and/or victims detected; team proceeds with increased safety.

Action Sequence

1. Deployment and Startup

a. Squad leader receives building status (safe enough for human entry) + safe viable openings.
b. Squad leader selects an entry decision (go / no-go / partial entry) and makes decisions regarding: entry team composition, route, objectives, time limits, and abort criteria. The decision is communicated with the BoO.
c. First responders check and calibrate wearable sensors (health + localization); the squad leader confirms team baseline status are “green/ready” on the squad dashboard; base of operations sees the same status across all teams.
d. Comms/network check: verify stable uplink for wearable streams between worksite and base of operations via walky-talky.

2. Interior Exploration with two first responders

a. First responders enter as pair via the safest viable opening; wearables are used for continuous tracking (location + vitals) and display their status and location on the C3I of the BoO.
    b. First responders explores building and provide updates to squad leader via walky-talky, locating blocked corridors, collapse risk, gas/smoke pockets, heat zones, viable routes, possible victims.
    c. Squad leader monitors state of mission, and communicates progress back to the BoO.
    d. Someone notes the encountered dangers (in a form?) from inside the building?

4. Victim extraction
a. Squad leader decides when to transition to victim extraction and in what order, route, etc.
b. First responders extract the victims.

3. Remote Monitoring, Alerts, and Coordinated Escalation

a. Base of operations monitors the squads active in the operation via C3I and health monitoring and location; squad leader monitors his own team and receives health/location updates from BoO via walky-talky.
b. If a responder crosses a threshold (e.g., heart rate spike, heat stress indicator, immobility, rapid elevation change, loss of signal), an alert is generated simultaneously:
• Base of operations receives the same alert in the multi-team view (for cross-team support decisions), and communicates this via walky-talky to the squad leader.
c. Escalation policy (two-level response):
1) Squad leader action: immediate check-in (voice), buddy-check instruction, micro-reroute to nearest safe point / egress, or pause task.
2) Base of operations action: dispatch medical support / reallocate teams / request additional sensing (robot reposition, drone overwatch), and initiate comms contingency if signal degradation persists.
d. If readings normalize, event is closed with a short note; if abnormal readings persist, the squad leader executes abort criteria (partial withdrawal / full extraction) while base coordinates site-level support and deconfliction with other teams.

The above action sequence needs to be checked by a domain expert for validity

Claims (title)	Function	Effect(s)	Action Sequence Step(s)
No seperate claims for this usecase. Instead focus on doing questionnaires etc to compare with the ANYMAL version.