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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. login NOT required by wickline · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://archive.nytimes.com/2001/09/27/technology/c ircuits/27ROBO.html

    This trick has been seen on slashdot before. It should be a FAQ. Editors should automatically use the archive subdomain in NYT links rather than the www subdomain.

    -matt

    1. Re:login NOT required by at_18 · · Score: 2, Informative

      You can also use this account:

      Username: slash2001
      Password: slash2001

      Let's see how long it will work, after 1.000 people start using it

  2. Build your own... by nyjx · · Score: 2, Informative
    The long running Robo Cup Soccer challenge (Robocup.org) started a search and rescue competition a after one of those involved died in the Kobe earthquake:

    href="http://www.r.cs.kobe-u.ac.jp/robocup-rescue

    you can build your own coordinated team of virtual robots to work in a simulated disaster zone + there are some search and rescue competitions using real robots. There's a download page for the simulators and disaster toolkits.

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    .sig