Today, we have robots that can measure radiation, fight fires, survey disastrous landscape, clear debris, and gage CO2. They can assist in natural disasters and enter dangerous locations that are ...

A robot dog approaches a mannequin simulating an injured person during a demonstration of robot-assisted triage at the University of Maryland on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (TNS) — In a simulated natural ...

When a magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar led to a skyscraper collapse in Bangkok this spring, search and rescue teams—human, canine, and machine—struggled with dangerous debris, thick dust, and ...

Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT), a UNAI member institution in Japan serving as the Hub for Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, has been a world-leading ...

POMONA — It’s shaping up to be a snail’s pace race featuring cutting-edge robots doing simple, but critical, tasks. Robots in the disaster response competition in California must push buttons, turn ...

Researchers have developed a unified, stateless control framework that enables autonomous search and rescue robots to safely navigate dynamic, cluttered environments. By combining a heuristic motion ...

TOKYO — Japan on Wednesday displayed a pair of two-legged humanoid robots that can operate in harsh conditions as the country prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions prepares for the next ...

Tight enclosed spaces, collapsed structures and unstable rubble can prevent human responders from searching for survivors in many disaster situations. Still, researchers at Johns Hopkins University ...

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Japan aims to mass-produce humanoid robots by 2027 as Hitachi deploys AI-powered models and the government backs a domestic robotics strategy.

Health care workers have an intense workload and often experience mental distress during resuscitation and other critical ...