ARCHE: Advanced Robotic Capabilities for Hazardous Environments

While scientists and engineers are motivated to understand the challenges imposed by real world applications, governmental entities are interested to evaluate the readiness and usefulness of robotic devices for future applications, especially in hazardous environments. Thus we initiate the event ARCHE that allows demonstrating capabilities of research demonstrators and new technologies in a simulated disaster environment. The demonstrations will be based on scenarios of rescue and ordonance disposal units (LVb G/Rttg/ABC) and will in-clude applications such as mapping, firefighting, obstacle removal, localization of hazardous materials or recovery of casualties.

ARCHE is organized by the science and technology center of the Federal DDPS, armasuisse Science and Technology, in cooperation with the rescue and ordonance disposal units (LVb G/Rttg/ABC), ETH Zurich and NCCR Robotics, Switzerland.