Published on 08/18/2008
Looking for victims in the event of a catastrophe such as an earthquake is no easy task, but thankfully advances in the world of robotics have led to the invention of devices such as the Active Scope Camera. It works in the same way as a snake, slithering through nooks and crannies and measures 8m long. Visual data is fed back to a central computer via fiber optics. Perfect to assist dogs in earthquake prone areas during search-and-rescue operations.