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May 2024
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AI and autonomous drones could play role...

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Youmin Zhang, a professor of Mechanical, Industrial & Aerospace Engineering, joins host Jeff Douglas to talk about research into how artificial intelligence and autonomous drones could play a role in monitoring wildfires — and helping put them out.

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