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Oct 8, 2022

New AI-powered helmet could give firefighters ‘superpower’ to rescue victims faster

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The device weighs less than 3 lbs.

Researchers from Edinburgh’s National Robotarium have developed an AI helmet to help firefighters navigate a smoke-filled environment and rescue victims more quickly. The team created the device using sensors, thermal cameras, and radar technologies, according to a press release published by Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, last week.

Firefighters are heroes. Everyone knows that.


Heriot-Watt University.

The team created the device using sensors, thermal cameras, and radar technologies, according to a press release published by Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland, last week.

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