Spring 2013
Team of five students designed, built, and tested robot for avalanche rescue reconnaissance. In use, robot would be kept at the top of commercial side country ski areas and would automatically deploy when an avalanche occurs. Robot, known as Sno-Dog, would autonomously travel to active transmitting avalanche beacon and potentially test snow conditions with attachments before signalling the rescue team that conditions were safe for humans to arrive and recover the victim. This proof of concept tested all-terrain capacity, motor controls, and the real time UI available to human rescue teams to share video and location data with them in real time.
Team members: Katelyn Wolfenberger, Jason Piers, William Kalb, and Devin Cornish