Thanks to mobile phone technology, getting caught in a disaster means that help is only a call away – unless the disaster knocks out the electricity to the cell towers. To help bring the phones back on line to aid in recovery efforts, researchers at Michigan Technological University are developing a team of robots designed to restore power to towers and other communication sites... Continue Reading Michigan Tech developing robot teams to restore power at disaster sites
Section: Robotics
Tags: Electricity, Emergency, Michigan Tech, Mobile Phones, Robots
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