Underwater Video Cameras
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Dr. Robin Murphy, a pioneer in the field of rescue robotics, has been working
on developing technology -- including underwater robots -- to help emergency
responders during a disaster. Murphy is the Raytheon Professor in Computer
Science in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M
University.
In the video Murphy, director of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and
Rescue (CRASAR), discusses underwater robots she has developed. Murphy led a
team of research and industry experts and robots to the Minami Sanriku and
Rikuzen Takata areas of Japan after that country's disastrous earthquake
earlier this year. She also assisted in the use of aerial vehicles used for
inspecting the Fukushima reactors. NSF co-funded the joint Japan-United States
team that worked for five days in April using three different types of
suitcase-size underwater robots called remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). Two
of the robots have advanced imaging sonars that can penetrate the murky water
along with video cameras. The robots were ...
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Technology l David Pogue: Underwater Cameras 2010 - nytimes.com/video
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