Tag: search and rescue
Ultralightweight sonar plus AI lets tiny drones navigate like bats
Nitin Sanket, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
To help small aerial robots navigate in the dark and other low-visibility environments, my...
Evacuating in disasters like Hurricane Milton isn’t simple – there are...
Carson MacPherson-Krutsky, University of Colorado Boulder
As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people...
From odor to action – how smells are processed in the...
John Crimaldi, University of Colorado Boulder; Brian H. Smith, Arizona State University; Elizabeth Hong, California Institute of Technology, and Nathan Urban, Lehigh...
An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used...
Robin R. Murphy, Texas A&M University
Texas A&M’s Robin Murphy has deployed robots at 29 disasters, including three building...
Fast computers, 5G networks and radar that passes through walls are...
Aly Fathy, University of Tennessee
Within seconds after reaching a city, earthquakes can cause immense destruction: Houses crumble, high-rises...
EXPLORING NATURE
From ‘Project Hail Mary’ to Artemis II, spaceflight captures audiences when...
Scott Solomon, Rice University
The central premise of the blockbuster film “Project Hail Mary” is a long-shot mission with...
