The German Rescue Robotics Centre is the first national centre of excellence for rescue robotics, based in Dortmund and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. We bundle leading competences in a strong network and break new ground for saving lives. Together with research, companies and users, we create practical solutions. For the applied testing of prototypes or demonstrators, the DRZ operates a test hall where various test environments are set up for the functional testing of robots and end users are trained.