A manikin weighing 1,000 pounds, due to being equipped with a variety of sensing devices, is a new high-tech tool developed and being used by an ASU research team to understand how ambient heat impacts the human body. Led by Konrad Rykaczewski, an associate professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of the Fulton Schools, the team’s engineers and scientists (pictured with the robot/manikin) have been gathering data in a quest to design and develop tools and methods to protect human health during times of excessively high temperatures as much of the planet continues to experience more frequent sizzling temperatures.