Micro Aerial Vehicles in Disaster Assessment Operations – The Example of Cyprus 2011

This paper describes the deployment of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) during a European Civil Protection Mechanism mission to Cyprus in July 2011. Extensive damages at an industrial structure were assessed and evaluated. The utilized aerial robotic platforms, operations and findings are described. This deployment is an example of an situation-adaptive usage of MAVs in response to a man-made disaster.