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

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/

With the extreme weather throughout the US, we’ve put together a 1-page just-in-time guide for public safety agencies capturing the 6 major recommendations for using sUAS during the response ph...

http://crasar.org/best-practices-for-small-unmanned-aerial-systems-for-floods-now-available/

Having recently supported the response to Hawaii volcano eruption at Kilauea Volcano Lower East Rift Zone, we offer the following insights and lessons learned regarding use of UAVs for volcano er...

http://crasar.org/lessons-learned-deploying-uavs-for-volcano-eruption-response/

A five person volunteer team from the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue deployed to the Leilani Estates Eruption event (Hawaii) from May 14-19, 2018 with a cache of small unmanned aeria...

http://crasar.org/back-from-leilani-volcanic-eruption/

 We’ve been watching the Hawaii volcano with interest- it is a first of its kind event for small UAS. Check out the short podcast. And hope the volcano doesn’t blow… best wishes to the r...

http://crasar.org/6-ways-volcanoes-are-different-for-flying-small-uas/

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/

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/