Can this autonomous helicopter improve medevac safety?
Popular Mechanics | July 13 In a first for autonomous helicopters, a Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Lab (CMU) and Piasecki Aircraft Corporation team has successfully flown a full-size helicopter past low-level obstacles to safe touchdowns in unimproved areas—completely autonomously. Medevac rescues represent some of the most dangerous flying for helicopter pilots. The new system could help lower the risk with completely autonomous helicopters and enhanced autopilots. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/news/autonomous-helicopter-and-medevac-safety Technology’s disasters share trail of hubris Associated Press/USA Today | July 12 Paul Fischbeck, a professor of decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, said the existence of a blowout preventer — a final backup system which in this case didn’t work — often encourages people to take extra risks. But the oil industry was so confident in its safety that it used to brag when compared to another high-tech gold standa
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