Robots are considered a highly promising resource in disaster relief efforts. They can relieve the workload of the emergency services, increase the efficiency of rescue missions and in particular contribute to the fact that the emergency services no longer have to put themselves in dangerous situations. However, rescuing people is easier said than done. Should robots rescue people?

This video podcast series of the Digital Society Initiative and the Swiss Drone and Robotics Centre of the DDPS will give you insights from different perspectives and from various experts on why the Swiss Armed Forces could also deploy rescue robots in the future.

The podcast shows that the technology is well advanced. However, only the interdisciplinary interaction of all these areas will bring prospects of success regarding whether people can one day be rescued by the deployment of robots.