(Source: USC - University of Southern California) Imagine that people trapped on the top floor of a burning skyscraper as firefighters scramble to rescue them with temperatures in the structure reaching 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. What if a team of robots instead was able to survey the structure, delivering a snapshot of the situation and putting fewer lives on the line? Two teams of USC Viterbi School of Engineering professors and doctoral students are working to make that scenario a reality. Autonomy is key Ph.D. students Jason Tran and Pradipta Ghosh, under the guidance of Bhaskar...
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