Redlands Cartographers Making Maps, with Robots!

Redlands, CA.
In a town steeped in cartographic tradition, a young group of future cartographers are making maps in a very non-traditional way; with a robot. A group of preschoolers at Trinity Episcopal Nursery school came face to face with SARA the robot yesterday, each taking a turn at driving her around. SARA (the Spatially Aware Robotic Assistant) was visiting with staff at ESRI in Redlands CA, and made a surprise visit thanks to school director Beverly Gaston.


Forget finger-painting, these preschoolers had the chance to use cutting edge technology to create high resolution Lidar floorplans, and have some fun in the process. The final map was anything but childish.