Search And Rescue

Being able to prepare for a coming earthquake could save lives, with better evacuation and planning – a new study suggests that this could...

Three engineers from the University of Glasgow designed and built an AI-based drone system to help search efforts for hikers lost in the wilderness. While...

Lifeseeker is a new kind of technology that could help Search and Rescue teams find missing people in mere minutes by tracking their cellphones,...

Scientists introduce cyborg insects as a solution to the limitations of traditional robots in swarm navigation. New research integrates living insects with miniature electronic controllers...

The US Navy is going to get KHA’s solar-powered K1000ULE drone, which will be used as part of their Small Unit Remote Scouting System....

The most important thing in dangerous situations is being aware of one’s spatial location, especially when that space is a burning building. Firefighters worldwide...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science are using multiple drone swarms to deal with forest fires, which are becoming increasingly common worldwide due...

The use of drones and UAVs has grown immensely in various fields during the past few years. A main area of interest is search...

Snakelike, limbless robots would be extremely useful in search-and-rescue situations where they could navigate collapsed buildings to find and assist survivors, easily moving through...

Research from Oregon State University shows that a "swarm" of over 100 autonomous ground and aerial robots can be supervised by just one person....

The international satellite-aided search and rescue initiative Cospas-Sarsat has been aided by NASA and enabled the development of multiple emergency location beacon types that...

A Team of experts from Malaysia suggests a practical solution for search and rescue operations that involves a real-time human detection system using a...

Washington State University develops two insect-like robots – a mini-bug and a water strider are the smallest, lightest, and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever...

AI investigative tools will be used to help find missing children and combat the advanced technology used by abusers and traffickers. Human traffickers and sexual...

Researchers from CMI have tested a new technology for drones that lets them smartly maneuver and travel while avoiding obstructions during flight. The team...

A pair of reptilian robots originally built for a documentary on the BBC in 2016 are to be used for disaster efforts and possibly...

A study conducted at University at Buffalo trains ChatGPT to recognize locations in disaster victims' social media posts and potentially help first responders reach...

Every minute counts when locating and saving natural disaster survivors, therefore the use of drones equipped with daylight and thermal imaging cameras is becoming...

South Korean researchers have made a discovery that enables wireless communication below the Earth's surface, a development that could revolutionize rescue operations and communication...

A police drone with infrared capabilities ended the search for a missing person with dementia who disappeared from a Delta hospital in Canada, according...

This new autonomous robot can go into extremely tricky spaces and may replace humans in life endangering jobs. Revolute Robotics is a student-founded startup from...

A team composed of a fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a search and rescue canine demonstrated a unique collaboration without intervention from...