Wearable system creates digital maps as users walk through buildings

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A number of research institutions are currently developing systems in which autonomous robots could be sent into places such as burning buildings, to create a map of the floor plan for use by waiting emergency response teams. Unfortunately, for now, we still have to rely on humans to perform that sort of dangerous reconnaissance work. New technology being developed by MIT, however, kind of splits the difference. It’s a wearable device that creates a digital map in real time, as the person who’s wearing it walks through a building. .. Continue Reading Wearable system creates digital maps as users walk through buildings

Section: Science and Education

Tags: Emergencies, Mapping, MIT, Reconnaissance, Wearable

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