Project description
Robotics to revolutionise disaster response
Severe weather is becoming more frequent, with incidents quintupling over the last 50 years. These events have caused over 100 000 deaths and EUR 1.5 trillion in damages across Europe. First responders often face dangerous situations when managing disasters. There is an urgent need for better tools to keep them safe and improve their efficiency. The EU-funded HURRICANE project is using robotics to transform disaster response. It combines ground and aerial robots with smart technologies like real-time data sharing, laser-based charging, and advanced communication systems. Tests in the Alps, Andalusia, and Corsica aim to demonstrate how these tools could reduce response times by 60 %. By 2035, the training of 10 000 responders across Europe is expected.
Objective
According to the World Meteorological Organization, the frequency of severe weather incidents has quintupled over the last five decades, causing more than 100 000 fatalities and 1.5 trillion euros of economic losses in Europe (EU). Consequently, disaster management capabilities need to be enhanced in this fast-evolving context. Robotics can play a crucial role to improve first responders safety and effectiveness in their operations. HURRICANE is a 15 partners multidisciplinary consortium aiming to overcome limitations that are still holding back these cutting-edge innovations from becoming a disaster management standard.
HURRICANE will unlock the potential of UGV operation in hazardous environment, relying on enhanced vision capabilities and smart integration over a holistic, resilient and real-time situational awareness infrastructure that includes innovative UAV-UGV cooperation pathways (laser-based charging, UAV supporting UGV regarding route planning) and multi-technology communication infrastructure (5G, RF, optical wireless). Data-driven optimization models will provide recommendations through a user-friendly API to support FRs tactics. Three complementary pilots will be implemented to demonstrate the benefits brought by HURRICANE solutions, in several challenging environments: peri-urban areas (Corsica), mountains (Alps) and wildfires (Andalusia). Last, but not least, EU-wide advanced training modules will be implemented to raise awareness among FR about these innovative technologies, integrating new operational procedures.
At the end of the project, HURRICANE will show improved hazard management efficiency (60% operation time reduction, 95% false positive readout reduction), with reduced FR exposure to harmful situations, strengthened EU robotics industry leadership (5M of revenues and 50 jobs). In 2028, training will be provided for 100 FRs across 15 EU countries, aiming to achieve a total of 10,000 trained FRs by the year 2035.
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39100 Bolzano
Italy
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