This session will provide a hands-on tutorial for industry and agencies interested in disaster robotics and also a forum for the small, but growing, set of practitioners and volunteers to meet and talk.  The tutorial primarily focuses on introducing the technology and capabilities, especially what are the different kinds of robots and what have/are they used for? how to match a robot to a disaster? and what are the best practices? The tutorial will also devote time to organizational implications, notably how much do robots cost? what are the direct costs and training? what are the hidden costs of manpower and maintenance? are there any regulatory constraints? and how to “kick the tires”?

1. Introduction
   1. Organization of disaster responses, recovery, and relief operations  and differences in liability, regulations, expectations
   2. Recommendations for working with emergency professionals
   3. A review of the 47 disasters in 15 countries where small unmanned ground, marine, or aerial systems have been used since 2001.
   4. The two styles of operation
2. UGV
   1. The common missions, payloads, and data post-processing packages
   2. Scale and environmental heuristics for identifying what small UGV is most likely to be useful for different categories of incidents
   3. Best practices on tactics, manpower, and CONOPS
3. UMV
   1. The common missions, payloads, and data post-processing packages
   2. Scale and environmental heuristics for identifying what small UGV is most likely to be useful for different categories of incidents
   3. Best practices on tactics, manpower, and CONOPS
4. UAS
   1. The common missions, payloads, and data post-processing packages
   2. Mission, payload, and boundary heuristics for identifying what small UAS is most likely to be useful for different categories of incidents and property constraints
   3. Types of flight paths
   4. Best practices on tactics, manpower, and CONOPS
5. Data and Post-Processing Software
   1. Photogrammetrics
   2. Computer vision
   3. Expectations such as chain of custody
6. Regulations, Organizational Impact, and Other Technology Adoption Factors
   1. Costs and hidden costs
   2. Regulations from FAA, FCC, maritime agencies
   3. The six categories of unmanned systems failures and why human-robot interaction is responsible for over 50% of the terminal failures

The session will make extensive use of case studies with videos and data from major events. A sample of ground, marine, and aerial systems used at disasters will be on display and for interactive demonstrations. The workshop builds on Murphy’s award winning book Disaster Robotics focusing on analyzing the field, her 21 deployments,  plus her industry-oriented AUVSI Webinars  “Disaster Drones: How Unmanned Technologies are Impacting Response and Recovery Efforts” (Nov. 2014 with Ben Miller) and “A Look at how Robots are Combating Infectious Diseases “(Feb. 2015 with Jason Moats). Murphy is a winner of the AUVSI Foundation’s Al Aube Prize.