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Bonus Episode: Drones in Challenging Environments (ERF 2026)

Robot Talk · 13 Aug 2026 · 17m

What this episode covers

Claire Asher interviews Radika (Arya Advanced Research and Invention Agency), Francisco Perez (Aerospace Research Center, Spain), Karolina Johannesen (Oslo University Hospital), and Adam Norton (New England Robotics Validation Experimentation Center) about drones in challenging environments at the European Robotics Forum. They discuss specific applications including organ transport by APN, tunnel inspection by Francisco's team, and regulatory hurdles for healthcare drones. The conversation highlights cross-sector learning, the technical difficulties of GPS-denied and toxic environments, and the need for standardized measurement and testing protocols.

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Arya Advanced Research and Invention Agency, Equinor, SINTEF, University of Oslo, APN, Aerospace Research Center, Oslo University Hospital, New England Robotics Validation Experimentation Center, University of Massachusetts Lowell, ASTM International, euRobotics, Zipline

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