The 2012 Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics Summer School

The 2012 IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics Summer School was held from the 9th to the 15th of September in Alanya, Turkey, and brought together a select group of students, researchers, responders, manufacturers, and standards organization representatives for a week of learning, dissemination of challenges and best-in-class solutions, and networking. This event builds on a series of summer schools that started in Rome in 2004 and were significant in their combination of lectures, hands-on practicals, and networking opportunities, all carried out in one all-inclusive venue. In this paper, we report on the outcomes and novel aspects of the latest incarnation of this event.