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European Land-Robot Trial ELROB - Basic Scenarios

The two scenarios are selected and constructed in order to provide a realistic training ground for real-world tasks, emphasizing military applications like exploration and surveillance. While the team controlling the robot is not allowed to enter the test site, all scenarios require remote or autonomous operation of the robot.

European Land-Robot Trial ELROB - Urban scenario

The terrain includes urban obstacles like cars, stairs, narrow passes, and collapsed ceilings. The task is to search for and identify objects located around and inside buildings. The maximum distance for the urban scenario is approximately 500 metres.

European Land-Robot Trial ELROB - Non-Urban Scenario

The terrain contains both paved and unpaved roads as well as ditches, fences and fire. Both natural objects like trees and stones, as well as artificially placed objects may block the path and have to be circumnavigated. The task is to follow a predefined route and to locate targets at certain points of interest. The maximum distance for the non-urban scenario is approximately 2000 metres.

European Land-Robot Trial ELROB - EOD / IEDD / UXO scenario

The maximum operational area is not larger than 10x30 meters. The area may include paved regions, unpaved regions, trails, and off-road desert areas. In addition to the existing natural obstacles, the organisers might place obstacles (e.g. military equipment) in the operational area that may disable a vehicle if struck. These obstacles must be detected and circumnavigated by a vehicle to successfully complete the route.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Basic Scenarios", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki