Murphy On Robots: Where Dogs & Humans Fear To Tread
The most recent issue of Wired features a tiny blurb on Robin Murphy, Ph. D. and her work in robotics. Tiny, as in, just enough to whet the appetite. Murphy’s work, however, could fill a feature article, and though that won’t happen here either, I can at least point to several places where you can explore her work.
To sum up its broad scope, one need only look at her bio, as published on the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A & M University website:
“Dr. Murphy is a founder and international leader in both rescue robotics and human-robot interaction, and was recognized by TIME Magazine in 2004 as an innovator in artificial intelligence. Her work in rescue robotics began in 1995, investigating artificially intelligent robots and new concepts of cooperative teams such as marsupial and heterogeneous teams, while also working directly with responders to establish the domain theory. She was the first to introduce ground, air, and sea robots to disaster response, participating in the World Trade Center disaster (2001), La Conchita, CA, mudslides (2005), Hurricanes Charley (2004), Katrina (2005), and Wilma (2005), the Midas Gold Mine response (2007), the Crandall Canyon Utah Coal Mine response (2007), and the Berkman Plaza II parking garage collapse (2007).”
There’s quite a bit of information available about Dr. Murphy from a number of sources, including:
- a podcast interview from early 2008,
- an inane television interview which Murphy resuscitates by being the only articulate person present in this video,
- and an article in one of my favorite mags, the IEEE Spectrum.
Dr. Murphy’s research continues as part of the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR), which she currently directs.
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