Response teams in high-stakes environments like natural disasters, mass casualty events and battlefields face a lot of risks. Carnegie Mellon University is developing coordinated groups of drones — called drone swarms — and AI systems that can be deployed to keep more people out of danger.
Researchers at CMU are building AI systems for drone swarms that can use cameras to scan people’s bodies and assess their vitals from a distance. This work is part of the DARPA Triage Challenge.
July 13, 2026
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