Cloud robotics architecture and challenges on disaster management

Disaster management requires fast and efficient handling of information. To deal with this issue, it does not only involve humans as the primary resource but also the various tools involved, such as robots. Cloud robotics extends the computation and information sharing among several types of robots so that robots can work as teamwork to complete a mission. This paper provides an overview of cloud robotics implementation to help deal with disasters that occur. Robots are used to mapping disaster-affected areas, identifying objects, and sending data real-time to the cloud server. This paper also discusses the implementation of typical network architecture on disaster case using fog computing paradigm. We propose using the MQTT protocol for information distribution from the robot side to the cloud server. We compare its performance with the HTTP protocol. The latest challenges and problems are also discussed in this paper.