Robot scouts to fight fires, patrol power lines | Fox News

A new firefighting robot scout will create 3D virtual versions of fires giving those rushing into harm’s way a detailed picture before entering a burning building. The small Segway-like robotic vehicles use new image processing techniques and can be deployed to quickly explore, map and photograph and provide critical information on burning interiors.
The San Diego Fire-Rescue Department has worked with engineers at the University of California, San Diego’s Coordinated Robotics Lab and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and corporate partners like the Brain Corporation to develop the robot.

Robot scouts to fight fires, patrol power lines | Fox News

Crabster Robot to Walk Along the Ocean Floor, Investigate Shipwrecks | Singularity Hub

As six-legged robots go, other than its nifty red and yellow paint job, the Crabster robot has a pretty standard look. It isn’t the biggest hexapod, like the impressive two-ton Mantis, or a tiny hexapod with a weird gait, like Boston Dynamics’ RHex. What makes Crabster special isn’t so much what it is but where it will walk—the robot was designed to navigate the seafloor.
Ocean researchers already use both autonomous and remote-control undersea vehicles, but propulsion systems tend to kick up sediment, adversely affecting visibility, and lack the power to deal with strong currents.

Crabster Robot to Walk Along the Ocean Floor, Investigate Shipwrecks | Singularity Hub