Robotics in security domains, fire brigades, civil protection, and disaster control - Facing the user

Dear participants, spectators, and roboticists,

the EuropeanRobotics group would like to thank you making the C-ELROB 2007 such a great success!

The 13 teams from 5 countries showed an impressive enthusiasm to cope with the tough trials.
The scenarios were:

1. Non-urban: an NBC incident, search area for hazardous materials (8 participants)
2. Urban: an incident with IEDs on a crowded marketplace, improve situation awareness (10 participants)
3. Combined operation of UGV and UAV: fire and NBC incidents, search area for suspicious places (2 participants)
4. Autonomous reconnaissance on urban and/or non-urban route: security patrol, do reconnaissance (7 participants)

Most of the teams did take the challenge sportive.

The EuropeanRobotics group is more than happy to see that C-ELROB is attracting especially young researchers and stimulating the communication between the groups.

To improve the availability of the material we would like to compile a picture and video DVD.
Therefore we would like to ask you to send us your material (pictures and video) as CD/DVD or as download.
This would allow an overall compilation of the available material.

Again thank you very much for your participation and hope to see you at the M-ELROB or 2009 at the next C-ELROB.

kind regards
Frank E. Schneider