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 ...

THE first batch of the Philippine humanitarian contingent to the earthquake-hit Myanmar arrived on Tuesday afternoon at the capital city of Naypyidaw, the Office of Civil Defense said on Tuesday ...

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

Search and rescue in urban disaster zones is a methodical process often conducted jointly by local emergency management authorities and international teams. Speed is essential as people trapped in ...

SMART has since evolved into a world-class elite force, achieving the prestigious status of a Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Team from the International Search and Rescue Advisory Group ...

The military government has declared a partial ceasefire to allow relief efforts in, with teams from India, China, Singapore ...

Intensifying its efforts for aiding relief and rescue work in earthquake-hit Myanmar under Operation Brahma', India has ...

SCDF said its Operation Lionheart contingent will be carrying an array of portable urban search and rescue (USAR) equipment such as cutting, breaking and lifting equipment, as well as life ...

Rescuers in Myanmar have saved the life of a woman in her 60s who spent nearly four days trapped beneath earthquake rubble, ...