On February 6, 2004, MLB participated in an experiment for the NASA-Ames Disaster Assistance Response Team in conjunction with the UAV Applications Center at NASA-Ames. The purpose of the experiment was to test EO/IR sensors for the location of people in the water and on the shoreline. An MLB Bat was flown to conduct this experiment with both a variable focal length color video camera and an infrared video camera, both in its three-axis gimbaled turret. Using these video sources from the Bat, the DART team was able to successfully detect individuals and determine their position.

As shown in the accompanying movie, the color video camera was more effective than IR due to the conditions of this experiment and its superior pixel resolution.

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