Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) at Texas A&M University » Press Releases

These are some of the lessons learned by the CRASAR deployments to  to Hurricane Maria (J. Adams, lead) and Oso Mudslides (R. Murphy, lead), and from outbriefs of the 2018 Northern Kyushu Heavy ...

http://crasar.org/flying-small-uas-for-fooding-in-rural-and-mountainous-areas/

NBC Nightly News on Aug. 28, 2018, featured CRASAR deployed ground robots from the 9/11 World Trade Center, as well as marine vehicles used at the Japanese Tsunami and the Syrian Boat Refugee Cri...

http://crasar.org/nbc-nightly-news-feature-on-crasar-robot-rescue-behind-the-technology-deployed-for-disaster-relief/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2018 CONTACT: Joan Quintana email: press@crasar.org phone: 979-324-2247 VOLUNTEER RESPONDERS USE ROBOTS AND NEW MAPPING TECHNOLOGIES TO SAVE LIVES AND PROPERTY IN H...

http://crasar.org/hawaii-release6-11-18/

With the 2018 hurricane season just weeks away, the independent not-for-profit Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) announced the first ever Disaster Robotics Awards. Awards were ...

http://crasar.org/ground-aerial-and-marine-rescue-robots-of-the-year-announced-at-national-robotics-week-4/

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 victim...

http://crasar.org/top-5-surprises-in-unmanned-systems-for-mudslides/

In November, members of the Roboticists Without Borders small UAS and UMV teams participated in CAUSE V, a joint US-Canada DHS exercise focusing on wireless communications during a disaster. Chec...

http://crasar.org/cause-v-testing-telecommunications-coverage-and-bandwidth-for-small-uas/

Our hearts go out to the victims, their families, and the responders in Mexico. CRASAR has not been contacted about robots but this blog may be of use in thinking about how to use robots. Ground,...

http://crasar.org/overview-of-robots-and-earthquakes-background-and-how-they-can-help/

A major update from our earlier post    CRASAR was at Hurricane Irma supporting Roboticists Without Borders’ member Florida State University Center for Disaster Risk Policy deployment to Col...

http://crasar.org/update-on-hurricane-irma-uas-started-with-search-and-rescue-missions-now-restoration-with-over-100-critical-infrastructure-targets-flown-so-far/

Please see our report on our 119 flights at Hurricane Harvey for Fort Bend County and Chapter 6 of Disaster Robotics on deploying to disasters. It sounds like from social media that Florida and t...

http://crasar.org/irma-some-differences-about-flying-for-disasters-than-from-regular-flying-for-videography-construction-and-agriculture/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm5tcJzS3Go&feature=em-subs_digest The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) coordinated the largest known ...

http://crasar.org/hurricane-harvey-deployment-for-fort-bend-county-oem-119-flights-over-8-days/