Track the location of the getaway car with one shot! ...Development of a launch attachment that does not miss the target.

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It's thrilling in movies and dramas to chase a vehicle running away from the road, but it can lead to a major accident on the actual road.

Korean researchers have developed a so-called "GPS bullet" that can track escape vehicles without continuing to chase them.

Reporter Lim Null-sol covered it.

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a police car in pursuit of a getaway vehicleThe location of the getaway car appears in the mobile phone app after a person in the passenger's seat
fires a special gun at the car in front of him.

With a launch attachment developed by domestic researchers, you can locate a car that is running away without taking risks.

The key to location tracking is the GPS receiver, LTE communication device, and battery inside the launch attachment.

When a launch attachment for location tracking is attached to a fleeing vehicle, it receives a GPS signal from the satellite and displays the calculated location information on the application.

The front part of the projectile is made of a silicone material that sticks well, and it does not fall off easily even when pulled strongly.

With the launch, the projectile extends thin and wide like pizza dough by centrifugal force, straight into rotational inertia.

Thanks to this, it sticks reliably to surfaces up to 10m away, regardless of bumps or slopes.

The researchers confirmed that the launch attachment was attached to the escape vehicle running at 60km/h and did not fall off in various driving environments such as downtown and highways.

[Cho Seong-beom / Ph.D. Researcher in the Department of Mechanical Robotics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology: There is a location tracking device inside, so GPS location information is received from the satellite and sent to the database server. This allows real-time tracking of the location of the getaway vehicle based on the real-time location seen in the map application.]

The researchers also succeeded in monitoring the internal environment by attaching a launch attachment bullet with a wireless camera to the ceiling or wall in disaster situations such as fire.

[Lee Jong Ho / Professor of Mechanical Robotics, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology: You can use GPS or a camera to launch from a distance and attach it to the desired target to check the location and surroundings]

The researchers expected that it could be used in the field of disaster safety as well as defense as various electronic devices can be put inside the launch attachment.

I'm YTN Science Lim Neul-sol.


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