Earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones -- disasters like these make the natural environment both unnavigable and dangerous for human search-and-rescue teams. That's when it's time for robots to come to our rescue.
Earthquakes are a recurring problem in Japan, an archipelago that rests on four tectonic plates. Japan also happens to be a hotbed of robotics research, so the two have come together in surprising ways.
Professor Satoshi Tadokoro of Tohoku University has recently developed a snakebot with a camera for eyes that can slither into the rubble of collapsed buildings to see if anyone's trapped there and to send images back to rescuers in real time.
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