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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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ICARUS Coordinator RMA hosts a Workshop on European Unmanned Maritime Systems
The objective of the workshop is to facilitate exchange of information on current and recently completed research and technology work-strands in the area of Unmanned Maritime Systems under EDA and related civil applications of UMS under FP7, in particular ICT – driven projects i...

No unmanned tools used after Oklahoma City Tornado
A deadly tornado impacted Moore, Oklahoma in the USA on May 20th, 2013, killing 24 people. Due the fast availability of other assets, it was not necessary to deploy unmanned tools for immediate crisis response. A thorough analysis on the use of unmanned tools by Robin Murphy of CRASAR (member of ICARUS Scientific and...

Team of Belgian Defence deployed after train crash in Wetteren (Belgium)
On May 4th, a train freight crashed in the Belgian municipality Wetteren. The train was transporting dangerous chemical products which exploded, leading to a release of toxic substances in the air. Dozens of people were injured and one person died from the toxic fumes.

Report on Unmaned Systems in Defense News
A report on Unmaned Systems has been published in the week's digital edition of the DefenseNews. This article hightligths the importance of using unmanned aerial systems to be capable for dropping Search and Rescue supplies in specific areas. This report shows the work carried out by the Royal Canandian Air Force and how expan...

Troops continue search and epidemic prevention work in Ya'an quake-hit areas
More than 200 killed, 11,000 injured and thousands of homes damaged in a strong 6,6 magnitude earthquake near Ya’an Sichuan province on April 20, 2013. Troops of the Chengdu Military Area Command (MAC) of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continue the Search and Rescue work...

Qube: a remote controlled-device to help improve rescue efforts
It’s called the Qube and it’s a state-of-the-art unmanned aircraft made by the Monrovia, Calif.-based technology company AeroVironment and is intended to be a new high-tech tool for public safety agencies across the U.S. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office wants to bring the Qube to local skies to help se...

ICARUS Partners Allen Vanguard, INESC and SpaceApplicationsServices compete in Eurathlon2013 challenge
Three partners of the ICARUS project will take part in the upcoming Eurathlon competition (http://www.eurathlon2013.eu/): - Allen-Vanguard Ltd will participate with (a.o.) the Digital Vanguard vehicle, used as an end platform in ICARUS - Space Applications Services N...

ICARUS Coordinator RMA organises the RPAS 2013 Conference
RPAS 2013 is Europe's annual conference & exhibition for the global Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) community. It's an international conference on civil & military RPAS, covering regulatory matters, operational matters, current & future applications, technical & performance require...

EU FP7 Robot Competition EURATHLON 2013
EURATHLON is a new robot competition supported by the European Commission. The vision of EURATHLON is to provide real-world robotics challenges that will test the intelligence and autonomy of outdoor/off-road robots in demanding mock disaster-response scenarios.

Save the date for the IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics 2013 (SSRR)
The IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security Rescue Robotics will be organised in the Linkoping University (Sweden) from the next 21st until 26th October 2013. The IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security Rescue Robotics was established by the RAS Tech...

The World Championship of RoboCup Search & Rescue will be celebrated in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) from 24th through 30th June 2013
The 17th annual RoboCup International Symposium will be held in conjunction with RoboCup 2013 from Monday 24th through Sunday 30th June 2013 in Eindhoven (The Netherlands).

ICARUS Coordinator RMA organised the RPAS CivOps 2012 Conference
An international conference focusing on civil Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) operational matters, current & future applications, regulatory matters, current bottlenecks, technical and performance requirements, system & subsystem development s, aerial work customer requirements,...

7th IARP workshop on ‘Robotics for Risky Environment and Extreme Robotics’ in Saint Petersburg
The 7th edition of the IARP (International Advanced Robotics Programme) workshop - Robotics for Risky Environment and Extreme Robotics- will be organised, with the support of the Climbing and Walking Robotics Association (CLAWAR), in the Russian State Scientific Centre for R...

The 5th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics was organised by the Belgian Royal Military Academy in Brussels
The Belgian Royal Military Academy hosted and co-organised the 5th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics (HFR 2012) on 18

The recognition of the European Commission to projects on Robotic research promotes successfully results
The European Commission funds more than 100 robotics research projects supported by around €600 million in the last five years. They address topics such as scene and situation understanding, perceiving the world through artificial senses (computer vision, haptics e...

Icarus project took part in the 10th edition of the IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security and Rescue Robotics
The Icarus project took part in the 10th edition of the IEEE International Symposium on Safety Security and Rescue Robotic (SSRR 2012) which took place from 5th till 8th November,2012 in College Station (Texas).

ICARUS to participate in the IROS'12 ROSIN Workshop
The ICARUS project will participate in the IROS’12 Workshop on Robots and Sensors integration in future rescue Information system (ROSIN '12).

iRobot Receives U.S. Army Orders Totaling $6 Million
iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has received two orders from the U.S. Army’s Robotic Systems Joint Program Office (RSJPO) totaling $6 million (nearly 5 million euros). The orders call for the delivery of spares for iRobot 510 PackBot robots, including operator control units,...

Icarus, a project selected to participate in the two-days workshop "Beyond emergency.lu service collaboration and extension" in Luxembourg
The Administration des Services de Secours (ASS) together with the emergency.lu project and the INSARAG Working group DACH will organise a workshop entitled “Beyond emergency.lu, service collaboration and ext...

Participation of ICARUS in the workshop organised by the European Defence Agency on European Unmanned Maritime Systems
The European project ICARUS will be presented in a workshop on European Unmanned Maritime Systems organised by the European Defence Agency (EDA), the management committee of the EDA UMS Programme and the European Commission at the Belgian Royal Milita...

Navy’s New Robotics Lab runs experiments on autonomous systems within its facilities that reproduce Earth's ecosystems
Scientists of the Navy's new robotics laboratory, based in the nation's capital are stepping into the desert and rainforest to run experiments on autonomous systems without having to set foot outside the Navy's new robotics laboratory...

ICARUS to take part in the Forum do Mar Event
AEP - Portuguese Entrepreneurial Association and Oceano XXI - Association for the Knowledge and Economy of the Sea, are organising the 2nd Fórum do Mar, an event open to professionals working in the different sectors that make up the sea economy, the scientific community, and the general public in...

A team of B-Fast, partner of ICARUS project, moved to Brazaville to alleviate the emergency needs after the explotion of a munition depot
Following the explosion of a munitions depot in Brazzaville, resulting in numerous victims and at the request of the Republic of the Congo, Belgium, through a team of the Belgian First Aid & Support Team (B-Fast), sent emergency...

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