DRZ
In their daily work, task forces face a variety of challenges. Despite training, tactical concepts and protective equipment, thousands of emergency personnel are injured or killed worldwide every year. With the advancing technical development, it is foreseeable that mobile robot systems will take over tasks in order to make the operation more efficient and above all safer. The requirements on the supporting rescue robot systems are complex and varied.
Project duration: 01.10.2018 - 30.09.2022 (Phase 1: A-DRZ); 01.10.2022 - 30.09.2026 (Phase 2: DRZ)
The German Rescue Robotic Centre (DRZ) is intended to promote the use of robot systems in civil terrestrial emergency response in hostile environments. Here, the four guiding scenarios of fire, collapse & burial, detection of hazardous substances and flooding as well as the resulting challenges for rescue robotics form the basis. Among other activities, a so-called Living Lab will be set up for this purpose, i.e. a laboratory with an attached test site, in which scientists, companies and users can jointly research the best possible solutions for supporting rescue robots and test them in realistic environments.
The implementation of the DRZ will create a national competence centre with international appeal. For the first time in Germany, emergency forces, researchers and industry will work on the realization of autonomous rescue robots and the establishment of a national and international robotics task force. In addition, test and inspection criteria are developed in order to ensure later standardization and certification of different robot systems. The Communication Networks Institute (CNI) will be in charge of the work on robust wireless networking of robotic systems even under the difficult conditions of a rescue operation.
The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research under the grant agreement number 13N16476.
News
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Publications
Hardware in the Simulation Loop Framework For Reproducible Testing of Rescue Robot Communications in Constrained Environments
M. Patchou, et al.
In IEEE International Symposium on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 2020
SKATES: Interoperable Multi-Connectivity Communication Module for Reliable Search and Rescue Robot Operation
J. Güldenring, et al.
In 2020 International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob), Thessaloniki, Greece
Simulating hybrid aerial- and ground-based vehicular networks with ns-3 and LIMoSim
B. Sliwa, M. Patchou, K. Heimann, C. Wietfeld
In Proceedings of the 2020 Workshop on Ns-3, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, June 2020
Data-Driven Model-Predictive Communication for Resource-Efficient IoT Networks
C. Arendt, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In 2020 IEEE 6th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), April 2020
Cross-Bearing based Positioning as a Feature of 5G Millimeter Wave Beam Alignment
K. Heimann, J. Tiemann, S. Böcker, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring), Antwerp, Belgium, May 2020
Reliable Long-Range Multi-Link Communication for Unmanned Search and Rescue Aircraft Systems in Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operation
J. Güldenring, P. Gorczak, F. Eckermann, M. Patchou, J. Tiemann, F. Kurtz, C. Wietfeld
In Drones, MDPI, vol. 4, no. 2, May 2020
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Logistics: Efficiency Gains and Communication Performance of Hybrid Combinations of Ground and Aerial Vehicles
M. Patchou, B. Sliwa, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE Vehicular Networking Conference (VNC) 2019, Los Angeles, USA, December 2019.
Heterogeneous Multilink Aggregation for Reliable UAV Communication in Maritime Search and Rescue Missions
J. Güldenring, L. Koring, P. Gorczak, C. Wietfeld
In 15th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and…
Experimental 5G mmWave Beam Tracking Testbed for Evaluation of Vehicular Communications
K. Heimann, J. Tiemann, D. Yolchyan, C. Wietfeld
In IEEE 2nd 5G World Forum (5GWF) (WF-5G'19), September 2019.