When we first saw Emily, the remote-control robotic lifeguard, we were treated only to a single glamour shot. Now she’s patrolling the Malibu shores, and she looks great. But does she stand up to David Hasselhoff and Pam Anderson?
Swimmers running into trouble at Malibu’s Zuma Beach this summer might owe their lives to a robot named EMILY. The robo-raft, set to launch there and 25 other beaches by December, could rescue victims six times faster than a human.