VIDEO: Some University of Maryland students were in the spotlight Wednesday after winning more than $150,000 in a national drone competition.
What the team from the university's Autonomous Micro Air Vehicle Team has achieved is especially important to first responders, who turned out in big numbers Wednesday to take a look at the specialized drone students at the University’s Clark School of Engineering created. The drone is designed to fly indoors and see through darkness, smoke and unbreathable air to search for victims and assess conditions.
Former student Qingwen Wei, of Towson, Maryland, said the students have targeted a highly specialized market.
"I don’t think there are a lot of companies that are going directly for first responders and what they want," Wei said.