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 ...

Nebraska Task Force One's 165-member urban search and rescue team has been deployed to 35 major federal disasters since it ...

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

The fragility of current drone designs makes them susceptible to damage, thus limiting their use in search and rescue missions. A robotics team has designed and tested a first-of-its-kind ‘soft ...