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National Robotics Initiative research (Image 2)
This small, autonomous rotorcraft, created by roboticists at Carnegie Mellon University, could be used to inspect bridges and other critical infrastructure.
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The rotorcraft was created as part of a project funded under the National Robotics Initiative (NRI), a partnership involving several federal agencies with the National Science Foundation (NSF) as the lead. The project seeks to develop robots that can work with people to enhance individual human capabilities, performance and safety. Projects funded under NRI target the creation of next-generation collaborative robots, or co-robots, for advanced manufacturing; civil and environmental infrastructure; health care and rehabilitation; military and homeland security; space and undersea exploration; food production, processing and distribution; independence and quality of life improvement and driver safety.
Further information about NRI is available in the NSF press release National Robotics Initiative invests $38 million in next-generation robotics. [Research supported by NSF grant IIS 13-17775.] (Date of Image: 2012) [Image 2 of 3 related images. See Image 3.]
Credit: Luke Yoder, The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
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