(Not) Burning Man

Wildfires are not just a problem in the U.S.; it is a worldwide hazard, and one that could highly benefit from robotics. There are already some excellent robotic technologies being developed for addressing wildfires, residential and commercial fires: A hybrid intelligent wildfire detection system by Insight Robotics LTD of Hong Kong that was successfully tested by the Guangdong Academy of Forestry and will be implemented throughout the Guangdong province in China. The Thermite firefighting robot manufactured by Howe and Howe Technologies FireRob, the MVF-5 Autonomous Firefighting Robotic Vehicle built by the Croatian manufacturer DOK-ING The autonomous OLE robotic firefighting beetle created at the University of Magdeburg-Stendal Firefighting robot
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Mechanical sleep?

I know I seem like an industry pundit (I wish it were true), but I just can’t believe what I read on a daily basis, and how off base people are. Fox News published an article entitled “Will doctors be replaced by robots under Obamacare?” The piece is about Sedasys, an automated anesthesiology system. The author, Dr. Manny Alvarez should know better. Obamacare will change things, but let’s be realistic. Besides, we wouldn’t want to shock the robots. I tweeted Dr. Manning the following in response: @drmannyonFOX Where does it say that Sedasys will ‘replace’ anesthesiologists? Or is this your
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