From Robouniverse’s Sandra Helsel: A new autonomous robotics technology under development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory could help pinpoint a firefighter’s location in a burning building down to the meter and alert a team commander if the firefighter collapses. Precision Outdoor and Indoor Navigation and Tracking for Emergency Responders, or POINTER, is similar, at least in function, to a highly precise global positioning system, though the technology behind this new invention is something of a breakthrough.
New Autonomous Robotics Technology from NASA Could Track First Responders
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