Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has released a nineteen-second video of ARMstrong Dex – the human-scale, dual-arm hydraulic robot developed for disaster-response applications. In the ...

Before a potential customer buys an autonomous mobile robot solution, Locus Robotics often uses different types of simulation to determine the type of robots needed and the number needed to optimize ...

In a simulated natural disaster, robotic drones from the University of Maryland’s RoboScout Team arrived first, scanning the area for survivors. They beamed patients’ locations to robot dogs and ...

In the days after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, the Japanese government sent robots into contaminated reactors and turbines to survey damage, measure radiation and move hazardous debris.

This summer, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the research arm of the Pentagon, is hosting a challenge that seeks to address the limitations of the human response to natural and ...

MIT researchers have unveiled a new tool for navigating disaster zones: the Soft Pathfinding Robotic Observation Unit, or SPROUT. This flexible, inflatable robot is designed to thread its way through ...