We’ve had members of the Police Technology Unit of the Austin Police Department over to Disaster City twice to see our Dragan and AirRobot UAVs and our Packbot 510 and SUGV. SPO Eric Cortez and his colleagues have been terrific in helping us learn more about how they would use these devices, what they look … Continue reading “News video: Our aerial and ground robots with Austin Police Department”
Juan Rojas has passed on this interesting article about a robot controlled with a through-the-ground wireless link and tested in an abandoned mine. Through the ground wireless is a Holy Grail of mine rescue so this appears to be a great step in the right direction!
Researchers and responders from The Texas A&M University System have received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create a visual “common ground” between operators and responders who use micro and small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for search and rescue. Following principles in how people know what other people are talking about in … Continue reading “Researchers and Responders to Jointly Develop UAV Visual Common Ground”
Here’s the latest photos and robots released by TEPCO. and here’s more info.
These are some of the lessons learned by the CRASAR deployments to to Hurricane Maria (J. Adams, lead) and Oso Mudslides (R. Murphy, lead), and from outbriefs of the 2018 Northern Kyushu Heavy Rain Flood in Japan. It is a special case of the just-in-time best practice guides for flooding at https://www.crasar.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/best-practices-SUAS-Floods-2018.pdf In rural and mountainous … Continue reading “Flying Small UAS for Fooding in Rural and Mountainous Areas”
NBC Nightly News on Aug. 28, 2018, featured CRASAR deployed ground robots from the 9/11 World Trade Center, as well as marine vehicles used at the Japanese Tsunami and the Syrian Boat Refugee Crisis, plus UAVs at Harvey. The coverage is unusual that the producer deliberately wanted to focus on ground and marine robots, which … Continue reading “NBC Nightly News Feature on CRASAR “Robot rescue: Behind the technology deployed for disaster relief””
As the wildfire seasons burns on, here are 6 lessons learned for small unmanned aerial systems and even unmanned ground vehicles. These are based on CRASAR member collective experiences, such as the recent deployment to the California wildfires and the Kilauea volcanic eruption as well as numerous tabletop exercises and focus groups that we … Continue reading “Six Lessons for Unmanned Systems at Wildfires”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2018 CONTACT: Joan Quintana email: press@crasar.org phone: 979-324-2247 VOLUNTEER RESPONDERS USE ROBOTS AND NEW MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES TO SAVE LIVES AND PROPERTY IN HAWAII VOLCANO ERUPTION A team of five volunteers armed with drones, advanced sensor systems, and GIS technologies joined the response effort at Kilauea Volcano Lower East Rift Zone … Continue reading “VOLUNTEER RESPONDERS USE ROBOTS AND NEW MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES TO SAVE LIVES AND PROPERTY IN HAWAII VOLCANO ERUPTION”
This online course was co-developed by the Florida State University and Texas A&M University members of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue and distills lessons learned since 2005 in deploying SUAS to actual disasters including Hurricane Katrina, Fukushima Daiichi, and especially recent work with Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management at Hurricane Harvey. … Continue reading “Small Unmanned Aerial Systems for Emergency Managers”
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