Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Yeti Robot Detects Polar Dangers

No, it doesn’t look like a giant white ape. But the battery-powered rover has all the toughness of an abominable snowman, surveying undetected hazards at research sites in Greenland and Antarctica. (See pictures of polar landscapes.)

Watch a video of Yeti at work.

Now, after six years of operation, a new study shows that Yeti and other polar robots have “great potential” to improve the safety and efficiency of scientific work at the poles. (Also see “Sharp-eared Robots Find WhalesAnd Help Them Escape Danger.”)

“It’s simple and inexpensive, yet effective,” said Laura Ray, an engineer at Dartmouth University College and Yeti project leader.

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