MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the University of Notre Dame have developed a vine-like robot to aid disaster response. The Soft ...

SPROUT, an innovative vine robot, navigates rubble to assist emergency responders, providing critical mapping and situational ...

When major disasters hit and structures collapse, people can become trapped under rubble. Extricating victims from these ...

The soft robot moves through debris to help rescuers find paths in collapsed buildings. It can also be used to check military ...

China unveils a rescue robot with three mobility modes, built for extreme conditions and disaster response operations.

To avoid using the electronics necessary for robot flight control as well as a power source, such as a battery, for flight, ...

By combining robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence (AI), Maryland Engineering researchers and students are ...

like to protect them during a search and rescue effort. Among the core recommendations: Even if robots can move autonomously, a human must oversee, and be accountable for, its interactions.

A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot ...

Researchers from DEEP Robotics have developed a feature that lets their robotic dog navigate complex environments on its own.

Efforts to deploy robots for rescue operations are in progress. Nine days ago, officials deployed an automated sludge removal ...

Robots, heavy machinery, and rescue personnel continue to search for workers trapped under the rubble of a 30-storey ...