Wednesday 20 December 2017

'Listening' drone helps find victims needing rescue in disasters

(Tokyo Institute of Technology) As part of the ImPACT Tough Robotics Challenge Program[1], an initiative of the Cabinet Office of Japan, a Japanese research group has developed the first system worldwide that is able to detect acoustic signals such as voices from victims needing rescue, even when they are difficult to find or are in places cameras cannot be used.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2CM4K46

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