Autonomous bulldozers use thermal sensors to scrape firebreaks in heat exceeding five hundred degrees
Autonomous bulldozers equipped with LiDAR and thermal sensors can navigate zero-visibility wildfire zones to scrape firebreaks in temperatures exceeding five hundred degrees Celsius without risking human lives.
Autonomous bulldozers utilize LiDAR and thermal cameras to detect flames from 100 meters away, allowing them to carve two-meter-wide firebreaks in environments exceeding 500 degrees Celsius. These machines originated from technology developed for the 2019 DARPA SubT Challenge, which focused on robotic navigation in complex underground environments.
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