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Robots to the rescue
Robots to the rescue
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Murphy, Robin Roberson
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Why doesn’t FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) or MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) use those “Hurt Locker” robots or Department of Defense unmanned aerial vehicles? Is having the Terminator crawl toward you a Good Thing? Once snake/cockroach/fly robots are perfected, rescue robotics is solved, right? Or is it making the robots fully autonomous? How many robots do you need for a disaster like a building collapse: 10? 100? This talk will answer these questions and discuss other surprises in the nascent field of rescue robotics based on fifteen years of research experience with rescue robots supplemented by the insertion of ground, air, and sea robots for urban search and rescue (US&R) into eleven disasters, including the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster, Hurricanes Katrina and Charley, and the Crandall Canyon Utah mine collapse. Extensive video will be shown as the talk explores how robots can reduce deaths, accelerate damage assessment, and minimize economic downtime after a disaster.
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2010-12-02
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63:33 minutes
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