Fog, near-darkness, and colored lights create a nightclub-like atmosphere in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's (WPI) drone testing area. As a palm-sized drone hovers through artificial smoke and snow, it approaches a plexiglass wall autonomously and turns back, all without a single camera. This is the PeAR Bat, a revolutionary bio-inspired drone that "sees" the world through … [Read more...] about How Tiny Bat-Inspired Drones Could Transform Search and Rescue Operations
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Inside the Drone-Powered ‘Magic Box’ for Emergency Management
Project CLARKE uses ‘magic box’ to assess storm damage, find missing persons By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill A software package that uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help quickly analyze drone-collected images to assess property damage might seem like the stuff of science fiction, but it’s currently being deployed by a team of scientists at … [Read more...] about Inside the Drone-Powered ‘Magic Box’ for Emergency Management
