Carnegie Mellon's flying robots could assist firefighters in search and rescue
May 26, 2011 | Length: 00:02:08
Pei Zhang, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, is working on a mobile-sensor network that could send swarms of tiny helicopters into a building. The robotic helicopters are equipped with radios, gyroscopes, and compasses, so they can sense each other and objects around them. While the project is still in the very early stages of research and development, Zhang hopes one day firefighters could use the robotic helicopters for search and rescue.
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10th Jun 2011
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Posted by KraL-EkoL
13th Oct 2011
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Great idea, but..
before developing it any further into a fire fighters assistant, don't forget to add some practical resistance into the equation: fires, and especially those in buildings, tend to bring not only some serious heat but quite often some strong and turbulent wind effects (drafts) due to it too...
Posted by MacOSXboy
28th May 2011
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Posted by dave@...
31st May 2011
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It would work in turbulance
Suspect the on board flight control systems could handle turbulence better then any human, so probably would not be an issue. Works well in most updated systems today
Posted by hmmmmm!
3rd Jun 2011
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Turbulence
True, some clever programming and a fast (but energy consuming) CPU should be able to coop with drafts in such environments. But how about the device's weight and power of its engine(s); It will be blown away without being able to withstand 10m/s winds coming from weird angles. Back to the drawing board, I guess. And, eh, how to avoid the thing from falling apart in high temperatures and serious heat radiation?
Posted by MacOSXboy
Updated - 3rd Jul 2011
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Thinking back on the attack....
on the World Trade Center. Small helicopters like these, should have small powerful speakers on them. Telling people in the buildings to " Get the Hell Out"! Its hard to believe, that bosses were telling their employees, to stay at their desk. Which most did, and died. It wouldn't surprise me, that a lot of employees. Said they were going to the restroom, and left the building. When you are under fire, you have to use your head.
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10th Jun 2011
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World Trade Center.
That is why some employees are smarter than most bosses. Too bad that it is a one way street and it takes a tradgety like the WTC to have it brought to light!
Posted by Mako Sica
14th Jun 2011
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Telling people in the buildings to
Telling people in the buildings to " Get the Hell Out"! Its hard to believe, that bosses were telling their employees, to stay at their desk. Which most did, and died. It wouldn't surprise me, that a lot of employees. Said they were going to the restroom, and left the building. When you are under fire, you have to use your head. kral oyun
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10th Oct 2011
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assist firefighters in search
my idea some how was stolen and someone else took credit for it,
well i have another idea and this will end the need for gas to operate the vehicle kral oyun
well i have another idea and this will end the need for gas to operate the vehicle kral oyun
Posted by KraL-EkoL
13th Oct 2011