The project hopes to give machines deployed in disaster situations the ability to find objects in their environment for use as tools, such as placing a chair to reach something high, or building bridges from debris.
Some people in the flats were either thrown from the building or buried in debris.
When the panel ignites, fire spreads rapidly, racing to the top of the building and sending flaming debris hurtling to the streets below.
They were either thrown from the building or buried in debris.
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Someone had better call the congressional doctor and check the Capitol building for chunks of falling debris.
Japan's government estimated the tsunami pulled five million tons of debris, from building walls to automobile parts, into the ocean.
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Examples given include stacking boxes to climb over something, building a bridge out of debris or climbing on a chair to grab an object out of reach.
Confusion over property ownership, the unforgiving geography of Port-au-Prince and its tightly-packed housing are all major challenges, explains Michael Wyrick - one of those contracted by the government to help with debris clearance and building demolition.
Early pictures on the Web site of a local newspaper, L'Union L'Ardennais, showed heaps of debris spilling out of the building onto a grassy esplanade below, with two helmeted people perched on a crane for a look inside.
Mr Clarke, who works for Richard Jackson Ltd, said debris had been cleared, the building had been made safe and surveys had been completed.
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At another place in the building, four survivors were found pinned under the debris, a fire official said.
Unlike a fallout shelter that protects from radioactive debris, the main purpose of the building was to protect from shock waves and overpressure.
On Christmas morning, at least two rocket-propelled grenades hit the Sheraton Ishtar Hotel, showering broken glass and debris throughout the lobby and causing some damage to the building's atrium.
The debris also struck the assisted-living facility and an emergency-services building where 25 emergency-services volunteers were in class, according to one of the trainees present.
It showed a heavily damaged building as well as what appeared to be a chicken farm with some chickens pecking around in debris scattered with dead birds.
Safeguard is also looking into building other apps for its REO and Property Preservation service lines, which provide services such as securing a property, debris removal, property maintenance, and rehabilitation on behalf of mortgage holders, Cook said.
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