Friday, January 20, 2012

Robot snakes search and rescue

  • The German shepherd had sniffed his way through a 60-foot tunnel to reach the person trapped inside. He barked furiously to signal his human handlers -- and a coiled robot snake dropped from his belly to the ground next to the victim.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • In the future, robots equipped with tails may help with search-and-rescue missions, but it also could be that robots deployed by those with tails will also have a hand in finding survivors.
  • (CNET News)
  • After months spent at Zoo Atlanta, an engineer at Georgia Tech says hes created a robot for search and rescue missions based on the way snakes move.
  • (TG Daily)
  • He barked furiously to signal his human handlers — and a coiled robot snake dropped from his belly to the ground next to the victim.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Dogs and robots are both known for their search and rescue abilities, but each has its own flaws. Robots can't sniff, and other than barking, dogs can't relay specific information about survivors. But put them together and you've really got something.
  • (Popular Science)
  • So the next generation of search and rescue robots may not be modeled after snakes, spiders or flying creatures, but lizards and dinosaurs.
  • (Popular Science)
  • The use of robobugs have proven invaluable in applications ranging from search and snakes that have the ability to enter places before combat soldiers and electronically report back their findings.
  • (Int'l Business Times)
  • ScienceDaily (Jan.
  • (DAILY KOS)

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