ICARUS is a research project funded by the European Commission (total budget: 17.5M€) to develop robotic tools which can assist "human" Search and Rescue (SAR) teams in the field.
24 partners will collaborate during 4 years (starting from 2012) to develop the best solutions Europe can offer to save human lives and to speed up the SAR process. ICARUS concentrates on the development of unmanned SAR technologies for detecting, locating and rescuing humans in disaster situations both in urban and maritime environments. These unmanned platforms are able to proceed through land, sea and air to locate survivors and participate to the rescue operations.