Rescue Robots Save Fake Kids In Scary Ways
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 7 of August , 2009 at 5:17 am
These innovative rescue robots are competing in a rescue robot contest in Japan. As far as I can make out, the objective is to navigate a simulated earthquake disaster zone (via what looks to be remote control), locate a fake kid under a pile of debris, remove the debris, and then somehow get the kid to safety. This last bit is the most interesting, with the robots demonstrating all kinds of different ways of picking up the fake kid, from the reliable (but boring) arm/ramp method to giant plastic scoop things to a cute little deployable grabber bot. And of course, all of this is made infinitely more awesome by the cartoon opening.
If this footage tickles your fancy, there’s a longer version of the same vid on YouTube… It’s got a lot of non-robot stuff in it, but there’s some extended fake kid rescue scenes that are worth a look starting at about 4 minutes in. There now, doesn’t all this just make you feel so much better about earthquakes? I’m actually looking forward to it, now that there are so many robots that can come rescue me.
[ Rescue Robots (Translated) ] VIA [ Robot Watch (Translated) ]
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