VIDEO: In Tulsa, Oklahoma State University held a demonstration to show how they're working to get more drones and robots in the hands of first responders.
In the scenario, a drone flew donated blood from a local hospital to a simulated crash scene. A robotic dog from the University of Tulsa picked up the donation and delivered it to a Tulsa Firefighter to give to a patient in the simulated crash scene.
A PHD student at the University of Tulsa, Jacob Hart, said the university has three of these robotic dogs and explained some of the ways the dogs can be used.
“Ultimately robots are really great at what’s dirty, dull and dangerous. These are the things we don’t want to do day in and day out or necessarily do ourselves. Having a robot that can step in and do it for us is super nice,” Hart said.