Two things I thought of 1) This isn't entirely a case of migrants not having access to safe transportation. In many cases migrants will intentionally puncture

Two things I thought of 1) This isn't entirely a case of migrants not having access to safe transportation. In many cases migrants will intentionally puncture or disable their vehicle if they see the coast guard coming their way. They know if a Greek boat picks them out of the water, they will not be taken back to their point of origin. But what will happen if they grab on to a strange robot? I would not be surprised if people actively avoid the robots during testing and instead opt only to be rescued by an observing vehicle. 2) It's really cool that the Greek government reached out to the Texas A&M University’s Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue. I'm sure these robots are very affordable and the Greek government will happily foot the bill in order to lessen this humanitarian crisis. /s. Interestingly there is not one dollar sign in the article, however at the end it does mention the research team is willing to leave at lease one robot behind when they are done with their research.