The European Robotics Hackaton (ENRICH) provides reserachers and industry with a full blown Hazardous Materials Incident Response Operation, including finding real radiation sources, mapping challenging environments, and manipulating radioactive material. A range of different teams from industry and european universities join this informal event arranged every second year. Students choosing this topic will pick one of the scenarios from the event and, together with their supervisor, decide on a suitable subtopic for a master's thesis.
If several students work together on a common scenario leading to a working technical solution (though typically on separate master's theses), it is possible to join in the physical event in Austria in June 2027.
The event offers tasks in three different categories:
- Mapping – There are two (potentially separate) exploration tasks. First, radiation should be detected, measured and marked inside a digital map. Second, a digital 3D map of the area of interest has to be built.
- Manipulation – The manipulation task is divided into two sub-tasks. First, identify a specific pipe containing radioactive coolant. Second, close the corresponding valve.
- Search & Rescue (SAR) – In the search and rescue task the event provides dummies spread throughout the building. These have to be found, the positions should be marked in the map, and - if possible - the dummies should be moved to a safe area.
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Information about ENRICH 2025 (rules will most likely change slightly for the 2027 event)
Video of some of the teams in the ENRICH 2023 event