China earthquake and Bangladesh collapse… the challenges of remote disasters

China earthquake and Bangladesh collapse… the challenges of remote disasters

Posted by admin on Apr 25, 2013 at 4:26 pm America/Chicago

The Chinese earthquake and the Bangladesh collapse coming on the heels of the Tanzania building collapse illustrate the need for rapidly deployed, regional teams of disaster robots that can quickly get there. The Bangladesh collapse might have been aided by the use of small robots to penetrate in the rubble. Ground robots are less useful for a wide area of residential buildings, though UAVs are very helpful for assessing the extent of damage. But for now, the best we can do in the rescue robot community is to send our thoughts and prayers to the victims, their families, and the responders.

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