| We all realize now that the severe devastation, which | | | | tree branches but maybe larger standing robots could |
| can be brought to us via Mother Nature during these | | | | be sent ahead to remove those--each robot managing |
| ever-increasing Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Seasons. | | | | its own set of tasks and then moving onto a new |
| FEMA can be over loaded and cannot always quickly | | | | area." |
| respond when power, communication and all the roads | | | | Indeed it could be possible to use crawler robots that |
| leading in to the area are out. What can we do? | | | | have been designed in France and now are part of |
| Well one online think tank is very busy addressing this | | | | the Caterpillar Corporation to go in using the Latest |
| issue and ready to advise technology prototype | | | | DARPA Grand Challenge Robotic Technologies and |
| experts of their plan. Can we use our latest | | | | clear the roads and then allow other robots to go in |
| innovations in robotics to assist us in winning the battle | | | | and get a head start on the clean up. Certainly this is |
| against time to help those in their time of need and get | | | | possible. Teams of robots working is swarms using |
| a head start on the clean up? What about using | | | | such teamwork strategies could easily get this done. |
| Robotic Swarms for Hurricane Clean Up could that be | | | | You bet it could work, in fact the idea is so brilliant that |
| in our Future? Some believe it might and one member | | | | I am certain that Robotic Swarming Disaster Relief for |
| of the online think tank, Swift from Las Vegas, stated; | | | | Hurricane and Earthquake clean up could that be in our |
| "Right now there isn't the technology to deal with down | | | | Future? Consider this in 2006. |