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Autonomous Helicopter Collision Avoidance & Landing Zone Selection System for Casualty Evacuation and Transport
Piasecki Aircraft Corp. and Carnegie Mellon University have developed and flight demonstrated a navigation/sensor system that enables full-size, autonomous helicopters to fly at low altitude while avoiding obstacles; evaluate and select suitable landing sites in unmapped terrain; and land safely using a self-generated approach path. Autonomous flight at low altitude and landing zone evaluation/selection is an unprecedented feat with a full-size helicopter. This technology has been developed to allow future unmanned helicopters to evacuate wounded soldiers from contaminated or live-fire battlefields and to resupply forward military bases. The technology is also applicable as a pilot aid to help both military and civilian pilots avoid obstacles, such as power lines, and select landing sites in unimproved areas such as emergency scenes, even when operating in low-light or low-visibility conditions.

Our Future Is Already in the Hands of Robots
The crowds, cheerleaders and mascots are not here for a football game or a basketball tournament.

This is a robotics competition called 'FIRST,' in which 10,000 kids from across the world descend on Atlanta and turn the Georgia Dome into a high-tech Super Bowl.

So (and this seems like an obvious question), what exactly is a robot?

BEAR at Infantry Center Maneuver Battlelab
- Fort Benning TV on YouTube
The Army has always been on the cutting edge when it comes to innovating, new technologies that assist our men and women downrange. Our Ron Andruss was out at the Maneuver Battle Lab with an stage, with the potential to save lives in combat.

Fox News Video - Video Download
Meet the Medic Bot
Company testing high-tech way to rescue wounded warriors

cnet News Video
BEAR robot roars to the rescue

Bot Junkie Video
BEAR Robot Can Lift 500 Pounds, Has Cute Ears

Discovery Channel WARBOT Program Previews
*When on the Discovery Channel website, click on the wounded soldier's picture (4th from left) to view the “MEDBOTS” segment.

Extraction & Evacuation Robots Video
View the Extraction & Evacuation Robots Video
( File Size: 78.28MB)

CERMUSA Video
Click here to view a CERMUSA video and learn more about this revolutionary robotics program.
(File Size: 85.97MB)
CERMUSA Power Point Slide

DARPA Video
Click here to watch Dr. Satava's DARPA video and learn more about the future of battlefield medical robotics.
(File Size: 66.86MB)

BEAR (Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot)
Click here for information about the program and to view news, information and video downloads of the BEAR in action.

Robot Throws Out First Pitch At MLB Baseball Game
As part of the June 2005 Joint Robotics Working Group Meeting in Pittsburgh, several DOD robots, including the TATRC Robotic Evacuation and Extraction robots (REV & REX) were on display at the June 7th baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates where a robot named S-3 threw out the first pitch.