Team Chiron Competes in DARPA Triage Challenge Finals
Team Chiron Competes in DARPA Triage Challenge Finals
Carnegie Mellon University's Team Chiron is participating in the finals of the DARPA Triage Challenge at Disaster City near College Station, Texas. The team, which includes partners from the University of Pittsburgh and Lockheed Martin, uses a combination of aerial drones, ground robots, and AI to locate injured people in disaster scenarios, assess their conditions remotely, and help emergency responders prioritize treatment. The system aims to improve efficiency in mass casualty events by gathering data on vital signs like heart rate and breathing without physical contact, even in challenging conditions such as darkness, smoke, or rubble. Team Chiron has progressed through previous events testing navigation and sensing capabilities, with the finals focusing on complex environments to validate their technology for practical emergency response support.
Team Chiron, a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Lockheed Martin, is competing in the DARPA Triage Challenge finals to demonstrate autonomous systems that locate casualties, assess vital signs via sensors, and prioritize medical care during disasters without physical contact.
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Using robots, drones, sensors and advanced artificial intelligence techniques, Carnegie Mellon University’s Team Chiron hopes to help emergency responders save more lives and treat more patients during disasters like earthquakes or industrial accidents. The team, a collaboration among CMU’s Kenneth C. Griffin School of Computer Science, the University of Pittsburgh and Lockheed Martin, is developing autonomous roboti
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In event 1 , held in September 2024, the team used aerial and ground robots to navigate simulated disaster scenes and assess actors and mannequins representing injured people. The robots had to evaluate casualties from a distance, without touching them, and transmit their findings to a central command station. For event 2 , in September 2025, the team further developed their autonomous systems to perform at night. T
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eliably despite intermittent connections. The robots needed to do more than find people: They had to gather useful information about their conditions and deliver it to the humans making decisions. “Team Chiron is combining aerial drones, ground robots and AI to build a more complete picture of a disaster scene,” said John Galleotti, a senior systems scientist in the RI. “Each platform has different capabilities, and
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