EMILY Tested Out On Oregon Coast
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 28 of September , 2010 at 12:09 am
EMILY, the lifeguard robot we covered in June, has been getting a workout on the Oregon Coast. Part of this workout took place just a life preserver’s throw from a beach house my parents were staying at, and while they didn’t get any exclusive pictures or video or anything (I need to train them better, obviously), they did send me this footage from the local news:
If you can’t get the video to play (I had to try a few times), the upshot is that EMILY seems to get the rescuing job done without endangering any swimmers. The upshot is also that EMILY has a powerful motor and she doesn’t weigh much, and consequently gets more than a little bit of airtime when she goes over waves. Wheee!
EMILY is cheap at only $4000, and the Depoe Bay fire department hopes to have several of them deployed along the coast within the next few years.
[ Hydronalix ] VIA [ KGW ]
Thanks Mom & Dad!
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Comment by Annon
Made Tuesday, 28 of September , 2010 at 11:13 am
Good editorial practice is to spell check (by hand/dictionary etc.) all proper nouns. Depoe Bay is not the same as Depot Bay, which is what your automatic spell check probably changed it to.
Comment by Goose
Made Tuesday, 28 of September , 2010 at 11:19 am
I hope that airtime doesn’t leave the victim with a smack on the head
Comment by Evan Ackerman
Made Tuesday, 28 of September , 2010 at 12:53 pm
Nope, that was 100% good old fashioned human error on my part.
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