Re: TECH:aerial robotics

Michael Lorrey (retroman@tpk.net)
Sat, 28 Jun 1997 16:15:07 -0400


EvMick@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 97-06-25 08:43:00 EDT, you write:
>
> << Now, let me list some interesting things that aerial robots could do:
> >>
>
> Another thing an aerial robot could do would be to "follow" my truck....about
> a mile in front of me....looking for smokies .... or four-wheelers doing
> idiotic things that I should know about...and anything else situationallly
> interesting....(say a washout...Deer... forest fire....or
> whatever)...relaying the info back to me to be preceived via a heads-up
> display.

They are also good for doing environmental surveys of a given area,
crop dusting, whale tracking...

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