5 Questions: Kimberly Elenberg: Team Chiron's Robots will Compete to Save Lives on DARPA's Simulated Battlefield
Abstract
Last September, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) unleashed teams of robots on simulated mass-casualty scenarios, including an airplane crash and a night ambush. The robots' job was to find victims and estimate the severity of their injuries, with the goal of helping human medics get to the people who need them the most.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Robotics and Automated Systems
Disaster Response and Management
Robot Manipulation and Learning
Publication details
- Journal / source
- IEEE Spectrum
- Volume
- 63
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 22–22
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026