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High-Energy Shape Memory Polymer Could Help Robots Flex Their Muscles
When stretched or deformed, shape memory polymers return to their original shapes after heat or…
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Giving robots better moves
For most people, the task of identifying an object, picking it up, and placing it…
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MIT Engineers Showed a Robotic Cheetah How to Take One Giant Leap
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have developed a 'mini cheetah' that can jump…
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ZF and Oxbotica to develop Level 4 autonomous vehicles
Technology company ZF has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Oxbotica to develop a Level 4 self-driving system for…
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Operational Validation of Search and Rescue Robots
As shown in the previous chapters of this book, the ICARUS project developed multiple unmanned…
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ICARUS Training and Support System
The ICARUS Training and Support system provides the command and control component that integrates different…
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Command and Control Systems for Search and Rescue Robots
This chapter describes the concepts and features behind the command, control and intelligence (C2I) system…
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Tactical Communications for Cooperative SAR Robot Missions
First responders’ communications (COM) have become a key concern in large crisis events which involve…
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Unmanned Maritime Systems for Search and Rescue
During maritime search and rescue operations, the safety of the rescuers is a major issue…
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Unmanned Ground Robots for Rescue Tasks
Ground robots have demonstrated to be a useful tool when dealing with post-disasters intervention and…