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| Unmanned Surface Vessels for Bridge Scour Monitoring

https://trid.trb.org/view/1641763

| Using Unmanned Surface Vessels to Support Bridge Inspections with Chad Skrocki, P.E., Anthony Mulligan, Vincent Capone, Edward Lundquist, ABC, IABC Fellow, Casey Collings, P.E.

https://whova.com/portal/sgc1_202107/videos/2MzNwYjMxITO/

| 4 Innovations Shaping Infrastructure Construction | Construction Drive

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/4-innovations-shaping-infrastructure-construction/597204/

| H "SONAR EMILY" ενισχύει το διασωστικό έργο του Ελληνικού Ερυθρού Σταυρού - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLXlY9_GGBk&feature=youtu.be

| Michigan Monitors Bridge Scour with an ASCE "Gamechanger"

https://www.roadsbridges.com/michigan-monitors-bridge-scour-asce-gamechanger

| Hydronalix USVS Offer Simple, Affordable Solutions

http://digital.oceannews.com/publication/?i=700375&view=contentsBrowser

| Bridge inspections with drone boats an infrastructure "Gamechanger"

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDOT/bulletins/2c734df

| MDOT Boats Named 2021 Infrastructure Gamechangers by The American Society of Civil Engineers - 9 & 10 News

https://www.9and10news.com/2021/03/15/mdot-boats-named-2021-infrastructure-gamechangers-by-the-american-society-of-civil-engineers/

| Meet EMILY, MDOT's remote-controlled boat that inspects bridge damage

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/meet-emily-mdots-remote-controlled-boat-that-inspects-bridge-damage

| MDOT Using Remote Control Drone Boats To Inspect Some Bridges | News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM

https://www.wsjm.com/2021/03/15/mdot-using-remote-control-drone-boats-to-inspect-some-bridges/

| During Pandemic, Protecting Both Responders and the Public Requires a Special Touch

https://www.1strespondernews.com/news/090120101/During-Pandemic-Protecting-Both-Responders-and-the-Public-Requires-a-Special-Touch

| MDOT deploys unique technology to inspect underwater infrastructure

https://www.abc12.com/content/news/MDOT-deploys-unique-technology-inspect-underwater-infrastructure-570966631.html

| Water Rescue Equipment for Swift Water, Flooding, and Boating Incidents - Fire Apparatus

https://www.fireapparatusmagazine.com/2020/02/01/water-rescue-equipment-for-swift-water-flooding-and-boating-incidents/

| El primer robot capaz de rescatar a personas ahogadas

https://www.antena3.com/programas/el-hormiguero/secciones/ciencia-marron/el-primer-robot-capaz-de-rescatar-a-personas-ahogadas_2016090757d07b080cf29063b1b77cae.html

| GCSO: Body found in Roosevelt Lake confirmed to be that of Willa Rawlings

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/gcso-body-found-in-roosevelt-lake-confirmed-to-be-that-of-willa-rawlings

| Search for girl in Tonto Creek now a recovery effort

https://www.abc15.com/news/state/search-for-girl-in-tonto-creek-now-a-recovery-effort

| Search for missing 6-year-old girl in Tonto Basin now a recovery instead of rescue | Tonto Basin Tragedy | azfamily.com

https://www.azfamily.com/news/continuing_coverage/tonto_basin_tragedy/search-for-missing--year-old-girl-in-tonto-basin/article_c8aad92a-16f9-11ea-849c-d7dd441601db.html

| MDOT using unmanned boats for bridge inspections

https://www.abc12.com/content/news/MDOT-using-unmanned-boats-for-bridge-inspections-565279892.html

| EMILY leads the way for getting relief supplies to storm-damaged Bahams

https://navystp.com/downloads/transitions/w/transitions-spotlight-emily-leads-bahamas-relief.pdf

| Michigan DOT Deploys 'Robot Boats' for Bridge Inspections - AASHTO

https://www.google.com/amp/s/aashtojournal.org/2019/11/15/michigan-dot-deploys-robot-boats-for-bridge-inspections/amp/

| Unmanned boats help with bridge inspections | WLNS 6 News

https://www.wlns.com/news/unmanned-boats-help-with-bridge-inspections/

 

| MDOT Using Remote Controlled Boats to Assist With Bridge Inspections - 9 & 10 News

https://www.9and10news.com/2019/11/13/mdot-using-remote-controlled-boats-to-assist-with-bridge-inspections/

| MI Newswire - Remote control: Unmanned boats help with bridge inspections

https://www.michigan.gov/minewswire/0,4629,7-136-3452-512162--,00.html

| Depoe Bay Firefighters Rescue Couple from Boat in Siletz Bay

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/depoe-bay-firefighters-rescue-couple-from-boat-siletz-mulligan

| Aquatic Drone Saving Lives Worldwide | Composites Manufacturing Magazine

http://compositesmanufacturingmagazine.com/2019/10/aquatic-drone-saving-lives-worldwide/

| Hurricane Hero: EMILY Vehicle a Successful Partnership between Navy, Industry

https://www.onr.navy.mil/en/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2019/EMILY-Bahamas-Hurricane-Dorian

 

| Disaster responders use EMILY USV to provide aid in Bahamas following Hurricane Dorian

https://www.auvsi.org/industry-news/disaster-responders-use-emily-usv-provide-aid-bahamas-following-hurricane-dorian

| Lifesaving Drone Boat Surveyed Storm-Damaged Bahamas Harbor

https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/lifesaving-drone-surveyed-storm-damaged-bahamas-harbor

| EMILY USV saves four swimmers at Oregon beach

https://www.auvsi.org/industry-news/emily-usv-saves-four-swimmers-oregon-beach

| Meet EMILY, the robotic air-sea rescue boat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4JE0SbkGfE

| In One Ear: EMILY to the rescue

https://www.dailyastorian.com/life/in_one_ear/in-one-ear-emily-to-the-rescue/article_d918379e-9161-11e9-a6e3-0f1a525ed9c5.html

| Rockaway Fire rescues swimmers caught in rip tide with remote-controlled drone

https://katu.com/news/local/rockaway-fire-rescues-swimmers-caught-in-rip-tide-with-remote-controlled-drone

| UN urged to establish declaration on drowning after four million die in a decade

https://www.smh.com.au/national/four-million-people-drowned-in-a-decade-as-experts-push-for-united-nations-action-20191009-p52z8q.html

| Swimmers rescued after rip current pulls them out to sea at Rockaway Beach

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/north-coast/swimmers-rescued-after-rip-current-pulls-them-out-to-sea-at-rockaway-beach/283-e4aa759f-bfbf-4693-b955-ae3031f96bcd

| EMILY Remote Controlled Rescue

https://5280fire.com/2019-incidents/emily-remote-controlled-rescue/

| Remote rescue boat

https://www.chinookobserver.com/news/local/remote-rescue-boat/article_3f580a74-bde6-11e9-844a-df997c156c90.html

| Navy's robotic lifeguard answers the call

https://defensesystems.com/articles/2016/05/24/onr-emily-robotic-buoy.aspx

| Remote-Controlled Buoy Rescues Migrant

https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/remote-controlled-buoy-rescues-migrants

| EMILY Robot is A Lifesaver

https://interferencetechnology.com/emily-robot-lifesaver/

| Meet EMILY, The Lifeguard Robot That's Saving Refugees Crossing the Mediterranean Sea | KERA News

https://www.keranews.org/post/meet-emily-lifeguard-robot-thats-saving-refugees-crossing-mediterranean-sea

 

| ONR demonstrates EMILY capabilities at SAS 2016

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/sea-air-space-2016/3990-onr-demonstrates-emily-capabilities-at-sas-2016.html

| Meet EMILY, the Robot Lifeguard Launched From a Helicopter

https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a20763/meet-emily-the-robot-lifeguard/

| EMILY Robot is a Lifesaver

https://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/emily-robot-is-a-lifesaver/

| NAVY SBIR Remote-Controlled Buoy Rescues Migrants

https://donosbp.navylive.dodlive.mil/2016/05/12/navy-sbir-remote-controlled-buoy-rescues-migrants/

| EMILY, the robotic lifeguard, saves lives

https://navaltoday.com/2016/05/09/emily-the-robotic-lifeguard-saves-lives/

| Emily is a tough, remote-controlled robotic lifeguard

https://www.engadget.com/2016/05/19/emily-robotic-lifeguard/

| University of Maryland Links Drone and Robotic Boat in Communication Network

https://mti.umd.edu/news/story/university-of-maryland-links-drone-and-robotic-boat-in-communication-network

| Robotics Emergency Deployment | EMILY

https://www.afdredteam.com/node/4

| Sahuarita man's life-saving device rescue 2 in Oregon

https://www.gvnews.com/news/local/sahuarita-man-s-life-saving-device-rescues-in-oregon/article_995843aa-d5fd-11e1-9632-0019bb2963f4.html

| Robotic Lifeguards and Drones That Spot Sharks

https://www.nanalyze.com/2018/12/robot-lifeguards-drones-sharks/

| Meet EMILY, the Rugged Robot Lifeguard

http://mentalfloss.com/article/79659/meet-emily-rugged-robotic-lifeguard

| Unmanned Systems Maritime Search and Rescue

https://unmannedsystemsfromadifferentperspective.wordpress.com/2017/03/31/unmanned-systems-maritime-search-and-rescue/

| Safety and Security Applications for Micro-Unmanned Surface Vessels

ftp://dns.soest.hawaii.edu/bhowe/outgoing/IEEEOES_2013/papers/130503-227.pdf

| Robot boats to sail into tropical storms, improve forecasts

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2012-06-17-fl-hurricane-hunting-robotic-boats-20120617-story.html

| Not just for the Navy: unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in wide use for surveillance at NOAA

https://www.militaryaerospace.com/unmanned/article/16714492/not-just-for-the-navy-unmanned-surface-vessels-usvs-in-wide-use-for-surveillance-at-noaa

| EMILY Is A Robotic Lifeguard That Jumps From the Helicopter To Save Refugees in Peril On The Sea

https://wonderfulengineering.com/emily-is-a-robotic-lifeguard-that-jumps-from-the-helicopter-to-save-refugees-in-peril-on-the-sea/

| Unmanned Surface Vessels for Bridge Scour Monitoring

https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mdot/SPR-1682-Unmanned_Surface_Vessels_for_Bridge_Scour_Monitoring_661794_7.pdf

| Scientists test new marine robot hurricane-hunters

https://uk.reuters.com/article/usa-noaa-robots-idINDEE87U0HJ20120831

| Robotic Lifeguard Named EMILY Saves Swimmers at Malibu Beach Video - ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/robotic-lifeguard-named-emily-saves-swimmers-malibu-beach-16380291

| Depoe Bay Fire rescues two from rip current with first use of EMILY

https://www.thenewsguard.com/news/depoe-bay-fire-rescues-two-from-rip-current-with-first/article_615199a4-d10a-11e1-86ba-0019bb2963f4.html

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| EMILY, robot rescuing device, saves two in Depoe Bay (KMTR)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut0MRgCuMiw

| Meet EMILY - the robot lifeguard - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cuawMA4dnM

 

| Watch Robotic E.M.I.L.Y. in Action

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Watch_Robotic_Lifeguard_E_M_I_L_Y__in_Action_Los_Angeles-155115305.html

| EMILY Robot Lifeguard to Begin Saving Victims Off Malibu Shores This Summer

https://gizmodo.com/emily-robot-lifeguard-to-begin-saving-victims-off-malib-5573603

| EMILY on Diane Sawyer ABC World News

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/memorial-day-weekend-sighting-robot-lifeguards-16417278

| EMILY on Los Angeles ABC news with Bri Wrinkler – mock rescue

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/robotic-lifeguard-named-emily-saves-swimmers-malibu-beach-16380291

| ABC World News Highlights EMILY Robot | Malibu, CA Patch

https://patch.com/california/malibu/abc-world-news-highlights-emily-robot-invented-in-malibu

| Time Magazine Rating EMILY as top 50 inventions of 2010 (ranked at number 7)

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2029497_2030615_2029800,00.html

| NBC Los Angeles News Segment on EMILY

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Zuma-Beach-Malibu-Lifeguard-Robot-LA-County-EMILY-155112025.html

| NBC Connecticut News Segment on EMILY systems going to Westerly Rhode Island

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Robot-Lifeguard-Coming-to-Misquamicut-153260615.html

| CNN segment on EMILY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4zz4n-DQ6k

| A Robot Lifeguard Patrols Malibu

https://money.cnn.com/2010/10/25/technology/robot_lifeguard/index.htm

| San Diego Tribune Story on EMILY

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2010/jun/28/drone-preps-water-rescues/

| Robotic lifeguard hits Malibu's surf beaches | TechRadar

https://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/robot-lifeguard-hits-malibu-s-surf-beaches-903488

| EMILY press in UK

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150212/Robot-lifeguard-named-Emily-save-lives-shes-pretty-Pamela-Anderson.html

| Tucson News Paper the AZStar story on EMILY and local collaboration with University of Arizona

http://azstarnet.com/business/local/article_52180285-7d9b-50e2-a2eb-93d804159944.html

| WEBPRO News Story on EMILY

http://www.webpronews.com/robotic-lifeguard-currently-being-tested-in-los-angeles-2012-05

| Textron Teaming With Hydronalix for Small USV platform development

http://www.cisionwire.com/textron-systems-corporation/r/textron-defense-systems-and-hydronalix-team-for-small-naval-surface-system-development,c9246268

 

| Control and Autonomy of Marine Robotics | Ocean Engineering

https://ceps.unh.edu/ocean-engineering/control-autonomy-marine-robotics

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| A Sahuarita firm's water rescue robot

https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/a-sahuarita-firms-water-rescue-robot

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| Strait Times: EMILY Used in Ferry Emergency Drill

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/100-passengers-rescued-in-ferry-emergency-drill

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