03/07/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/07/2024 18:50
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Link to video and sound: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sA0pedKI1ql1cHn8v5r3cRx5_1TuIUq2/view?usp=sharing
WHAT: Autonomous surface vehicles, remote sensors and solar-powered water purifiers highlighted the Pacific Operational Science and Technology (POST) Field Experimentation (FX) event, which displayed approximately 45 cutting-edge technology demonstrators including the University of Hawaiʻi Applied Research Laboratory (ARL) and College of Engineering in partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense.
WHO: The event was hosted by ARL at UH, National Security Innovation Network and USINDOPACOM J85 Science and Technology Division.
WHEN: Thursday, March 7, 10:45 a.m.-4 p.m.
WHERE: Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi (MCBH)
ADDITIONAL DETAILS:
VIDEO B-ROLL: (1 minute, 19 seconds)
0:00-1:19 - shots of the POST FX event
SOUNDBITES:
Margo Edwards, UH Applied Research Laboratory Director (16 seconds)
"UH is demonstrating an autonomous surface vehicle. We developed a technique for trying to have a rapid response after a tsunami or hurricane comes into a harbor. We want to be able to get sensors out in the water before we put any boats or people out there that might get harmed."
Brennan Yamamoto, Applied Research Laboratory Robotics Engineer (15 seconds)
"We also developed our own kind of low-cost maritime sensor payloads that we can deploy into the ocean and collect sort of whatever information of interest. So this could be water conditions. This could be turbidity. This could be salinity."
Edwards (12 seconds)
"UH is here, and we're all subject to the same natural hazards that come in and damage our harbors, damage our homes. We want to be able to help mitigate that, and respond to it. That's why we're here."