Resilience for Ground Transportation: Remote Operation of Automated Vehicles as Part of Crisis Management

Abstract

In the age of climate change, civil protection agencies need to prepare for increasingly frequent and complex interventions. This requires streamlining skills and efforts across disciplines and domains. At the German Aerospace Center (DLR), multiple institutes from the aeronautics, space, energy, transport and security domains have joined forces to provide technological solutions for disaster management. In the RESITEK project (Resilient Technologies for Civil Protection), DLR researchers from various domains integrate their technologies into a comprehensive system to support continuous situation monitoring. The system will aid the deployment of emergency services in crises. In climate-related disasters, a key challenge is the quick deployment of disaster-specific transportation capabilities, e.g., for evacuation of residents from hazardous areas or delivery of relief aid.