Robotic startup blazing new trail for fire planning

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TEST FLIGHT: Erin Linebarger flies a prototype robotic drone in Newport. The drone was developed by Robotics 88 Inc., the company she co-founded with Tyler Lane to assist with prescribed fire planning, which involves controlled burns to remove dead and harmful vegetation to prevent the spread of wildfires and allow for new growth.
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TEST FLIGHT: Erin Linebarger flies a prototype robotic drone in Newport. The drone was developed by Robotics 88 Inc., the company she co-founded with Tyler Lane to assist with prescribed fire planning, which involves controlled burns to remove dead and harmful vegetation to prevent the spread of wildfires and allow for new growth.
PBN PHOTO/DAVID HANSEN

When Erin Linebarger and her partner first entered the XPRIZE Rainforest competition, she was planning on developing robotics that fly just below the rainforest’s treetops to get a better understanding of the variety of living things in the environment. It was around six months into this five-year competition when Linebarger says her team decided to

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