Its legs also allow it to adjust its height — the video shows it trot up to a car ... The robots are planned as sensor platforms with the military as a primary market, and search and rescue ...

Narrator: One minute, it's a self-driving miniature car with a ... in Switzerland with search-and-rescue teams directly to really see what is needed to actually make our robots useful for them.

A flexible, rubber-like robot that can operate in sub-zero temperatures, walk through fire, and withstand being run over by a car has been ... robots for use in search and rescue missions.

For example, a Boston-area company called Black-I Robotics built the LandShark Series D, a movable robotic platform powered by heavy-duty car ... makes robots for HAZMAT and search-and-rescue ...

In lab tests, swarms of 20 cyborg cockroaches navigated complex terrain using a new algorithm mimicking human group strategies.