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KAIST Researchers Developed a Firefighter Drone That Flies and Crawls Up Walls

KAIST Researchers Developed a Firefighter Drone That Flies and Crawls Up Walls

21 January 2016 | KAIST | KAIST researchers developed a wall-climbing scout drone to fight fires in high-rises, finding the source of the fires and locating people trapped inside. The 1974 American disaster film Towering Inferno depicted well the earnest struggles of firefighters engaged in ending a fire at a 138-story skyscraper. To this day, […]

South Korean Team, KAIST wins the DARPA Robot Challenge

South Korean Team, KAIST wins the DARPA Robot Challenge

Out of 25 teams, South Korean KAIST team wins the DARPA Robotics challenge final. KAIST team’s robot, HUBO stands for “HUmanoid roBOt” completed all the given tasks in shortest time compare to its competitors. KAIST team scored  8 points in 44:28 minutes, The other two teams, IHMC Robotics and TARTAN RESCUE also scored 8 points and […]