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An expert on search and rescue robots explains the technologies used in disasters like the Florida condo collapse

  • Written by Robin R. Murphy, Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering; Vice-President Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (nfp), Texas A&M University
imageA drone flies above search and rescue personnel at the site of the Champlain Towers South Condo building collapse in Surfside, Florida.AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee

Texas A&M’s Robin Murphy has deployed robots at 29 disasters, including three building collapses, two mine disasters and an earthquake as director of the Center for Robot-Assisted...

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