PR 03-91 - August 28, 2003
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Photo 1
CRASAR's Robin Murphy (right) briefs researchers participating in the NSF-supported search-and-rescue exercise at the site of the partially collapsed former town library in Lebanon, Indiana.
Courtesy CRASAR, University of South Florida
Photo 2
Researchers watch as an Indiana Task Force member enters the partially collapsed building.
Courtesy CRASAR, University of South Florida
Photo 3
Inside the collapsed library, Sam Stover (foreground) briefs researchers participating in the NSF-supported search-and-rescue exercise.
Courtesy CRASAR, University of South Florida
Photo 4
After completing a rescue scenario inside the collapsed library, researchers wash and decontaminate the robot of any potentially hazardous materials. The NSF exercise was designed to demonstrate such essential and practical matters that affect a search-and-rescue robot's design.
Courtesy CRASAR, University of South Florida
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