Developed by EPFL’s Biorobotics Laboratory (Biorob) this little robot is built to be able to run very quickly, nearly seven times its body length in one second even over small steps. Robots developed from this concept could eventually be used in search and rescue missions or for exploration.
Read a full article at Science Daily or Phy.org.
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Cheetah-Cub: A Robot That Runs Like a Cat
Posted by Austin Dalton on June 18th, 2013 at 2:35 pm GMT+7
Law Enforcement, First Responder, Border Patrol ground robot market
Posted by Austin Dalton on June 18th, 2013 at 1:31 pm GMT+7
WinterGreen Research announces a new study that is looking at robots used by Law Enforcement, First Responder, Border Patrol. As the US military pulls out of Iraq and Afghanistan, they have many robots built to help soldiers. The question is how can these robots be used now, and were they effeicntive. Many Law Enforcement, First Responder, Border Patrol are starting to look into using robots to help with their actions, and to help keep their units safe in dangerous situations.
Read the full article at Military Aerospace .
DARPA’s Virtual Robotics Challenge: OSRF Gets Simulator Ready
Posted by Austin Dalton on June 3rd, 2013 at 12:46 pm GMT+7
DARPA have created two qualifying events in which teams from around the world have been submitting entries to the VRC, in order to earn a place in the VRC itself. There are 26 teams in Track B (funded) as well as Track C (unfunded). The next step is for these teams is to complete in the VRC, which will be three increasing difficult simulation environments that the robot complete different tasks. The video on the sight lets you see the qualifying events, and the possible VRC events.
The full article is at IEEE Spectrum .
Drone Adventures Uses UAVs to Help Make the World a Better Place
Posted by Austin Dalton on May 29th, 2013 at 2:03 pm GMT+7
Drone Adventures was founded earlier this year to find ways of “promoting the great potential of drones in civilian applications, focusing on conservation, humanitarian, cultural and search and rescue domains.” Drones are built to help us, and these guys are trying to find ways to do this, they just returned from a trip to help map Haiti.
Here is a link to the full article at IEEE Spectrum .
UAVs and the Moore Tornado: response to CNN blog
Posted by Dr. Robin Murphy on May 24th, 2013 at 7:43 am GMT+7
CNN has a nice blog post on the UAVs that weren’t used at Moore. Here are my comments:
Small UAVs have been used at 11 disasters internationally. The first use of small UAVs was in the US by the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue, which I direct, during Hurricane Katrina as part of the Florida State Emergency Response Team. We have been advising on the use and procedures for getting permissions for the tornado response, as flying even a small UAV requires coordination with the other activity- hence the no fly zone. The FAA has had an emergency COA process for years, though we find many agencies and industries are not aware of it. We are happy to assist agencies and industries in adopting and deploying unmanned systems of any kind.
