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Top 5 Surprises in Unmanned Systems for Mudslides « Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) 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...

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.

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

My summary of the AI for Good Summit (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