Search and rescue robots (S&R robots) were put through their paces in two complex and realistic disaster scenarios as part of a special rescue robot supporting program at RoboCup 2009 – the robotics ...

Modern robotics can help where it is too dangerous for humans to venture. Search and rescue robots (S&R robots) have meanwhile become so sophisticated that they have already carried out their first ...

Since 1997, several continents have played host to an international soccer tournament. No, not the World Cup -- the RoboCup. Robots of all shapes and sizes test their “metal” in the world’s favorite ...

BRACU ALTER, a rescue rover team from LaSSET (Laboratory of Space System Engineering and Technology) at BSRM School of Engineering of Brac University, has qualified for the final round of RoboCup ...

Robots are competing in Germany this week to traverse a maze that simulates the aftermath of a natural disaster (see video, right). It is part of the largest warm-up event, the German Open, for the ...

To help robots become more helpful to humans during rescue operations, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh have developed virtual hazardous environments that they are demonstrating at the ...

After four days of intense competitions, Iranian robotic teams managed to win 16 titles in Japan’s RoboCup 2017 in the two junior and adult categories. In Rescue Simulation League, MRL from Qazvin ...