I'll give it to you, that's a fair point. A person flying over could definitely gather wide-area intel. But this robot serves a different purpose. It's designed for situations where aerial views fall short: dense smoke, strong winds, collapsed buildings or tunnels filled with debris where humans can't reach safely. Think of them as an army of ground-level scouts, ready to explore where no human can go!
@@edgarhilbert4797 I agree radar is a really good tool, especially for wide-area scanning. Some examples of radars used in search and rescue are ground-penetrating radar, doppler radar and synthetic aperture radar. Although, they are generally good at detecting movement, it doesn't provide localized detailed data. That's where these robots come in. They're not meant to replace but to complement it by verifying radar signals.
Interesting info about a new tech... but like the other comments here... i don't see how this relates to disaster zones... feels like two ideas were combined for the sake of clickbait...
Thanks for the feedback, @corwinchelway9969! Just to clarify, my intention was never to clickbait anyone, but its good to know that it happened, so I can work on improving to ensure it doesn't happen again. The connection between seed robots and disaster zones, actually comes directly from the research paper itself: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35997434/ Now the authors of the study argue that given that seed robots are lightweight, easy to deploy from the air, and can navigate through areas that are otherwise hard to access, it makes them ideal for disaster zones. For example, areas where UAVs struggle due to smoke, strong winds or just the need for close-up exploration, seed robots are a perfect fit. I do understand though, that the current prototype has limitations, but in the future the concept would be to use them as ground-level scouts, to complement other existing tools like radar. Thanks for the help!
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Where else would you use these robots?
self cleaning confetti?
Now, that one I would buy. Especially, given that new year celebrations are round the corner.
How can a sub 3 gram robot help anyone? A person flying over top would gather more intel than 1000's of these.
I'll give it to you, that's a fair point. A person flying over could definitely gather wide-area intel. But this robot serves a different purpose. It's designed for situations where aerial views fall short: dense smoke, strong winds, collapsed buildings or tunnels filled with debris where humans can't reach safely. Think of them as an army of ground-level scouts, ready to explore where no human can go!
@@BioBytee Radar is a thing
@@edgarhilbert4797 I agree radar is a really good tool, especially for wide-area scanning. Some examples of radars used in search and rescue are ground-penetrating radar, doppler radar and synthetic aperture radar. Although, they are generally good at detecting movement, it doesn't provide localized detailed data. That's where these robots come in. They're not meant to replace but to complement it by verifying radar signals.
Interesting info about a new tech... but like the other comments here... i don't see how this relates to disaster zones... feels like two ideas were combined for the sake of clickbait...
Thanks for the feedback, @corwinchelway9969! Just to clarify, my intention was never to clickbait anyone, but its good to know that it happened, so I can work on improving to ensure it doesn't happen again. The connection between seed robots and disaster zones, actually comes directly from the research paper itself: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35997434/
Now the authors of the study argue that given that seed robots are lightweight, easy to deploy from the air, and can navigate through areas that are otherwise hard to access, it makes them ideal for disaster zones. For example, areas where UAVs struggle due to smoke, strong winds or just the need for close-up exploration, seed robots are a perfect fit. I do understand though, that the current prototype has limitations, but in the future the concept would be to use them as ground-level scouts, to complement other existing tools like radar. Thanks for the help!