Deep underground, robotic teamwork saves the day

July 27th, 2023

Popular Science, Other, 26/07/2023, Kurt Kleiner
When a Manhattan parking garage collapsed in April this year, rescuers were reluctant to stay in the damaged building, fearing further danger. […] One team , from Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), took this further by designing its robots to make decisions cooperatively, says Navinda Kottege, a CSIRO roboticist who led the effort.