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Search and Rescue Robots

Posted by michael on from the where-no-man-has-gone-before dept.

An anonymous submitter sent in: "Interesting article on the New York Times [need an acct, blah] about the various robots currently in use to search the rubble of the WTC. Not a very technical article (expectedly). Seems to be all telepresence stuff. No mention of any autonomous devices, which is as I'd expect. Too bad we don't have a few platoons of those sony bipeds with firefighter/s&r programming to make that first response."

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  1. They ought to use... by Muad'Dave · · Score: 3, Funny

    those yappy little Aibos! Small, mobile, autonomous. Add a speaker and microphone, and you can talk to survivors while they pet the 'bot and watch it do tricks.

    Better yet, the operators can cry, "Let slip the dogs of war!" or "release the hounds!" when they deploy them.

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