The German Aerospace Centre presents its AHEAD project.

The AHEAD (Autonomous Humanitarian Emergency Aid Devices) project is transferring robotic technologies from remote-controlled systems to humanitarian and disaster relief applications. The vision is to use remote-controlled amphibious vehicles to transport relief supplies safely and cost-effectively to those in need, as well as to use them in disaster scenarios in which places that are difficult to access also need to be reached and supplied or people need to be rescued. It is important to protect drivers and rescuers of such systems as much as possible.
The transport of humanitarian goods poses serious problems for NGOs. The drivers of aid transports are exposed to risks from attacks, animal attacks and diseases such as malaria or Ebola. In addition, there is often insufficient infrastructure for transport in the affected areas, for example in the impassable and flood-affected regions of South Sudan.
Due to the sharp increase in natural disasters and catastrophes, the use case in the RESTIEK sub-project is dedicated to supporting rescue teams.