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![Three project team members test the robot's flexibility in an indoor laboratory setting.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2024-08/530726-013.jpg?itok=NseXgi-5)
Vine Robots for Collapsed Structure Mapping
These robots can navigate difficult urban disaster terrain to help responders locate and access victims for rescue.
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![A group of five researchers pose in a field with two UAVs.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2021-11/CHASER-1.png?itok=3bUBRPSb)
Collaborative-UAS for Hostile Attribution, Surveillance, Emplacement, and Reconnaissance
We are building a toolbox of autonomous functions for unmanned aerial systems to improve UAS missions and alleviate burden on human operators in the field.
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![Researchers test the prototype standoff microwave imaging system. The antennas emit radio signals that reflect off the person standing in front of the array; the system processes the reflections to create the image on the monitors in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-04/512246-005D.jpg?h=f4b902a9&itok=aDA2L9iC)
Video-Rate Standoff Microwave Imaging System
The system can rapidly and discreetly detect threat items concealed under clothes or hidden in bags of people in crowded public spaces.
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![Commercial unmanned aerial systems, like the one pictured above, are increasingly flown in urban areas; if used for illicit purposes, they can pose dangers to civilians.](/sites/default/files/styles/list/public/project/image/2018-04/508506-10D_smaller.jpg?itok=c0nmSAcN)
Urban Counter-UAS Operational Prototype
The prototype is enabling DHS to test technologies that can counter the threats posed by commercial drones.
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