AI firefighting drones take aim at wildfires
Wildfires can get a frightening head start. A small ignition in remote terrain can grow while firefighters are still trying to reach it.
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Wildfires can get a frightening head start. A small ignition in remote terrain can grow while firefighters are still trying to reach it. Now, a new generation of AI firefighting drones could help shrink that response window.CAL FIRE recently tested Seneca's autonomous suppression drones in California. Meanwhile, teams competing in the $11 million XPRIZE Wildfire competition put other autonomous systems through field testing in Alaska.
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- Wildfires can get a frightening head start. A small ignition in remote terrain can grow while firefighters are still trying to reach it.
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