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ICARUS IN A NUTSHELL

After the earthquakes in l’Aquila, Haiti and Japan, the European Commission confirmed that there exists a large discrepancy between (robotic) technology which is developed in laboratory and the use of such technology on the terrain for Search and Rescue (SAR) operations and crisis management.

Thus, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry decided to fund ICARUS, a Research project (global budget: 17.5M€) which aims to develop robotic tools which can assist “human” crisis intervention teams.

Search & Rescue

Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger

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31/10/2017 ICARUS legacy video
Started in 2012, the ICARUS research project aims to develop robotic tools which can assist "human" operator during Search and Rescue (SAR) operations. This 26-min video provides an overview of several ICARUS tools developed during the project.

ICARUS legacy video

Started in 2012, the ICARUS research project aims to develop robotic tools which can assist "human" operator during Search and Rescue (SAR) operations. This 26-min video provides an overview of several ICARUS tools developed during the project.

ICARUS partners won multiple prizes and awards at euRathlon 2015

Several ICARUS consortium partners successfully participated in the euRathlon 2015 Challenge which took place in Piombino (Italy) from 17 to 25 September 2015. This year, the ICARUS team which ranked second of the overall competition was composed of Eurecat (Spain), IMM (Poland), INESC (Portugal), Integrasys (Spain), RMA (Belgium), SPACE Apps (Belgium) and UKL (Germany). Additional ICARUS partners were also present in Italy to support and help the team, including CINAV (Portugal), CMRE (Italy) and SpaceTec Partners (Belgium).

Project Objectives

Development of a light sensor capable of detecting human beings
Development of cooperative Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) tools for unmanned SAR
Development of cooperative Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) tools for unmanned SAR
Development of cooperative Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) tools for unmanned SAR
Heterogeneous robot collaboration between Unmanned Search And Rescue devices
Development of a self-organising cognitive wireless communication network, ensuring network interoperability
Integration of Unmanned Search And Rescue tools in the C4I systems of the Human Search And Rescue forces
Development of a training and support system of the developed Unmanned Search And Rescue for the Human Search And Rescue teams