犬が行けないところはヘビ型ロボットで救出

BBCより。アメリカではヘビ型ロボットがレスキューで活躍
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22340218
Snake robot teams up with search-and-rescue dog in US
By Leo Kelion Technology reporter
Snake robot and rescue dog The dog carried the robot into the building in a pouch before dropping it onto the ground
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US researchers working on a snake-like robot have tested pairing it with a search-and-rescue dog.
The engineers sent two dogs fitted with harnesses containing the robot into a simulated collapsed building. The dogs then released the equipment, allowing the robot to wriggle free.
The researchers hope the technology will one day be used to locate people trapped in places inaccessible to dogs.
They are working to make the robot faster over rubble and other debris.
A video of the experiment has been posted online by Carnegie Mellon University’s biorobotics lab.
Undulating joints
The test used the latest in a series of “modular snake robots” developed at the Pittsburgh-based research centre over the past decade.
The machines are designed to move through their surrounding environment by altering the angles of the links that chain together the different segments of their bodies.
救助犬とペアでヘビ型ロボットを使うということのようだ。
ビルの倒壊を想定した訓練をしているということ。
バングラデッシュの建物崩壊には未だ時間がかかっているが、こうしてものには役立つだろう。