On a recent afternoon, cameraoperator Doug Winglewich sat at a console and watched several dozen incoming video feeds plus a computer linked to the county 911 dispatcher.
Lexi Alexander, the director of "Execution Style, " who said she forfeited part of her fee to hire a specialty cameraoperator, joined the project to keep pace with an industry changing fast.
The two-wheeled bot is equipped with a low-resolution monochrome camera that feeds images back to the Operator Control Unit, and since it weighs just a single pound and fits in most cargo pockets, the whole platoon could carry their own in order to really scope out the next bend.
It has an ingenious optical-guidance system a camera that can either lock on to an operator-designated object or can pick up a laser spot and home in on it.