TEES Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue

01/12/2018

Top 5 surprises about using unmanned systems for at

I’ve been getting questions about the use of unmanned systems for the recent horrific Montecito mudslides, so let me extend my earlier tweet, both in terms of thoughts and prayers to the victims and also the technical details. It does not appear that small UAS are being used by the formal responde...

09/02/2017

Day 9 of Hurricane Harvey. Publicity hasn't been a priority but I have a few minutes this morning between writing up use cases and getting ready to fly-- To recap we've been flying missions (and mapping underwater) since last Friday under formal request by Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management We have 7 teams from four states, 11 pilots plus data managers, and over 20 platforms from Insitu Scan Eagle to DJI Mavics. PrecisionHawk just came in this morning with a donation of 5 Lancaster rev5 to assist with mapping the levees as the river crests and recedes. Everything is volunteer- everyone is donating time, expenses, and gear- as part of our Roboticists Without Borders program.

09/01/2017

Update on flights, video, and that we've been flying for since Friday. See http://crasar.org/?p=2120

We’ve certainly been busy flying for Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management plus our member Justin Adams serving as AirBoss for manned and unmanned aircraft- see some videos. The graphic is a quick look at the platforms on tap for the response here. Big shout out to Rocky Mountain Unmanned…

08/24/2017

Hurricane Harvey: All about how unmanned aerial and marine vehicles have been used for flooding see http://crasar.org/?p=2110

With Hurricane Harvey approaching, here’s a list of our recent posts about using unmanned aerial and marine vehicles for flood disasters that may be helpful. Also don’t forget our 1 page best practices guides, especially Best Practices for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems for Floods

06/22/2017

See our two "one-pagers"on Best Practices and Regulations for Agencies Using Small Unmanned Aerial System for Floods at http://crasar.org/?p=2121-- Just in time for Tropical Storm Cindy. Our teams are standing by.

As Tropical Storm Cindy brings rain and flooding to the Gulf Coast, it’s a good time to share the two “one-pagers” that the Roboticists Without Borders small UAS team members have put together. We have several flyers on stand-by with small UAS ready to deploy upon request.

06/20/2017

Check out EMILY on page 4 of in Collaboration to Save Lives: Great Lakes Water Safety Conference
http://www.weather.gov/media/publications/Aware/17jun-aware.pdf

06/10/2017

See the summary of the Summit " https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-summary-ai-good-summit-robin-murphy on or at http://crasar.org/?p=2107

(this also appears with more pictures of slides at http://crasar.org/?p=2107) What a treat to be a speaker and participant in the X Prize ITU AI for

05/18/2017

Roboticists Without Borders offered two sessions of a 3.5 hour class consisting of three modules: unmanned systems awareness, unmanned aerial systems awareness, and best UAS practices at the 2017 Governor’s Hurricane Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. Over 35 emergency professionals representing over 28 local and state agencies attended and received certificates for participation. The class targeted chiefs and managers who are interested in what UAS (and robots in general) have been used for, what are the costs including the hidden costs of manpower, training and maintenance, what are the regulatory issues, and how to handle public perception. The class also went through the types of missions involved in each major type of disaster and the associated unique CONOPS and workflows for each mission. The class emphasizes data management and how to get, and share, actionable data in real-time.

The modules were created by Florida State University Emergency Management and Homeland Security Program and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue. The material is based on formal training created by CRASAR originally funded by the State of Florida, plus lessons learned from over 30 deployments by RWB members, and studies by FSU and Texas A&M. The modules are normally incorporated in a longer class with hands-on demonstrations of unmanned systems.

The class is offered for free as part of the RWB mission to accelerate the adoption of unmanned systems by emergency professionals.

04/19/2017

Marsupial robot teams perform better in perilous situations. Watch our and Fotokite navigate scenarios at WIRED.

This was supported in part by a Department of Energy Science of Safety grant.

www.wired.com/2017/04/marsupial-robots-ain't-cuddly-totally-brilliant/

03/28/2017

Thank you Galerstein Women’s Center & for the invite out to Luncheon

http://goo.gl/KeIvA5

03/28/2017

A Robotic Life Raft (THAT'S OUR ) on Science Friday
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Robotics researchers are working to make a robotic life raft more autonomous—and friendlier—in order to aid lifeguards.

03/24/2017

from Hydronalix works to save lives of those in crisis.

NPR KUKA Robotics KERA

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Robots aren’t just in our living rooms vacuuming rugs or in warehouses moving boxes. They’re everywhere: connecting pipes on offshore oil rigs, harvesting