TOKYO >> Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to deploy unmanned firefighting robots and other specialized vehicles as part of its efforts to enhance the equipment and machinery used by ...

Robotics expert Wataru Yoshizaki (Suidobashi Heavy Industry) and artist Kogoru Kurata have created a robot called KURATAS that weighs about 4-tons and measures 13 feet high. Users can control KURATAS ...

There have been some incredible advancements in the world of robotics in the last few years. One of the ways to illustrate how good a robot can be is to have it engage in fighting. Fighting requires ...

Today, we have robots that can measure radiation, fight fires, survey disastrous landscape, clear debris, and gage CO2. They can assist in natural disasters and enter dangerous locations that are ...