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Greek Coast Guard Enlists Help of Robot to Tackle Refugee Issue

emily-rescue-robotThe Greek Coast Guard will be enlisting the help of a robot called EMILY (Emergency Integrated Lifesaving Lanyard) in order to deal with the refugee issue. The robot rescuer, developed by Hydronalix, arrived in Greece thanks to the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue at Texas A&M University and Roboticists Without Borders.
NGOs on the island of Lesvos had already been thinking about using robots to aid rescue efforts, said Robin Murphy, the roboticist in charge of the project. “In the meantime, we were saying ‘You’re talking about people drowning,'” Murphy said. “There’s this new technology, EMILY, these robots that are life preservers.”
The rescue robots have the ability to carry up to five people, but unfortunately their batteries only last 20 minutes. However, the coast guard is planning on using them to easily carry people to a nearby boat, where the robot batteries will be changed, allowing for more trips.
EMILYs can pull a rescue line up to 2,400 feet, they are four feet long and can reach up to 22 miles per hour.
“What’s different about the Greek deployment is that instead of EMILY being used to rescue 1 or 2 swimmers or people trapped in rising floodwaters, she is expected to be used in situations where a boat with 30-40 people have capsized. Chief John Sims from Rural/Metro Fire Department, Pima, our 4th team member, is anticipating situations where rescuers can concentrate on saving children and unconscious victims while sending EMILY to the conscious and responsive people,” noted Murphy.

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