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How Margarita Chli is using drones to go where people can’t

Not a pilot. Amazon is funding drone AI for search-and-rescue missions that go where humans can't.

Reporting by Amazon Science 1 min brief
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Enterprise AI is expanding beyond traditional business use cases into life-saving applications, signaling broader market opportunities for autonomous robotics in emergency response sectors.

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  1. Amazon Research Award recipient

  2. Drone technology for search-and-rescue missions

  3. Autonomous mobile robots development

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Publisher excerpt: When it comes to search-and-rescue missions, dogs are second to none, but an Amazon Research Award recipient says they might have competition from drones.
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