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Robot balloons soar 85,000 ft, map NYC-sized areas with 0 emissions
Near Space Labs, a US-based startup, aims to use stratospheric robots to monitor and assess disaster-prone areas in the US.
“The Swift, Near Space Labs’ proprietary zero-emission robot, captures up to 1,000 square kilometers of imagery per flight—equivalent to New York City’s five boroughs,” the company stated in the press release. The rising frequency and intensity of severe weather events, including hurricanes and wildfires, have led insurers to pull out from disaster-prone states like Florida, California, and Texas. “Many insurance companies are still relying on aerial data collection methods from the 1950s to assess 2024’s climate risks,” said Rema Matevosyan, CEO of Near Space Labs.
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