GMV demonstrates the potential of autonomous mobile robotics to enhance logistics in degraded environments and disaster management

GMV participated in the Defence and Disaster Response Logistics conference organized by the Spanish Logistics Center (CEL), which event brought together representatives from the Spanish armed forces, law enforcement agencies, public institutions, and private companies to analyze the main challenges of logistics operations in crisis, conflict, and emergency scenarios. The event highlighted the growing role of technological innovation in improving resilience, responsiveness, and operational continuity in highly complex environments.

Representing GMV, Miguel Hormigo, director of the Industry Sector, gave a presentation on “Autonomous Mobile Robotics: Mobility, Supply, and Information in Degraded Environments,” explaining how autonomous mobile robotics is establishing itself as a strategic enabler for strengthening logistical capabilities in scenarios where infrastructure is damaged, communications are limited, and access to reliable information is particularly challenging.

Hormigo shared various examples of how these technologies can improve mobility in hard-to-reach areas, optimize the supply of critical resources, and provide real-time information to facilitate operational decision-making. He also emphasized that autonomy should not be defined solely as a robot’s ability to carry out a mission, but rather as the ability to intelligently coordinate heterogeneous fleets of ground vehicles, sensors, and other autonomous systems capable of operating collaboratively in dynamic and changing environments.

In this context, he presented GMV’s approach to managing autonomous operations through uPathWay ^®, a platform that makes it possible to plan, deploy, supervise, and coordinate missions involving different types of robots and autonomous vehicles from a unified environment. This capability facilitates transportation, supply, inspection, surveillance, and reconnaissance tasks, helping to reduce people’s exposure to risky situations and maintain operational continuity even under particularly adverse conditions.

The event highlighted that defence and disaster response logistics are shifting toward models that are increasingly reliant on technologies such as robotics, artificial intelligence, automation, and data analysis, with the aim of boosting operational efficiency and improving the ability to respond to crisis situations. In this context, GMV is continuing to develop solutions integrating autonomy, intelligence, and supervision to build more resilient and secure logistics capabilities that can adapt to operational challenges more effectively.