The Disaster Zone Emergency Response Vehicle (DZERV) is capable of serving many useful and practical purposes and applications. The technology utilized in this project is one that can be found in various consumer electronics. The major focus of DZERV is to serve as a search and rescue robot, which can be implemented in the field in danger, disaster-like situations. The robot is to serve as a means of making human involvement in dangerous search-and-rescue operations much safer, thus enabling higher success rates of such operations.
Group Members:
Marcial (T.J.) Rosario, EE
Michael Lopez, CpE
Robert Smith, EE
We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to our mentor Joshua Childs, a Lockheed Martin engineer who gave us a great deal of useful advice and mentorship throughout our Senior Design process.