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June 7, 2017 - inconnu - A wriggling robot able to burrow could help find victims of disasters like earthquakes.The RoboWorm could be fitted with a camera or microphone and work its way around rubble in a collapsed building or deep snow after an avalanche, and relay images to rescuers.The German industrial design company behind it says can help construction workers.It can also move easily on uneven and slippery surfaces, soft floors and in canals, pipes and ducts.The robot, inspired by a caterpillar, mirrors how the insect moves,.The motions of a caterpillar’s wriggling muscle movement are copied using magnetic of metal rings, wrapped in a durable silicone tube.The unique construction allows this robot to move on rough and uneven surfaces where more traditional tools might get stuck.Designer company Emami says RoboWorm can contort itself out of trouble.RoboWorm has two “heads” , one at each end, making it possible to move backwards without having to flip over. This lets it move backwards and forwards even in very tight spaces.It is equipped with cameras and additional sensors, for example a microphone, to make recordings possible in hard-to-reach areas such as a collapsed building in rescue work.The recordings can be sent to a receiving station immediately or stored in the device for later extraction.The device , which is still being developed, was rewarded with a special mention at the German Design Award. It rewards ground-breaking work in communication and product design.A spokesman for Emami Design said:” Flexibility and mobility, if nothing else, make RoboWorm with its camera and microphone a life-saving helper in earthquake zones where robots can for instance localise buried persons in collapsed building or under snow or rock avalanches.” # ROBOT VER DE TERRE (Credit Image: © Visual via ZUMA Press)

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Daily Round Up 7 June 2017
June 7, 2017 - inconnu - A wriggling robot able to burrow could help find victims of disasters like earthquakes.The RoboWorm could be fitted with a camera or microphone and work its way around rubble in a collapsed building or deep snow after an avalanche, and relay images to rescuers.The German industrial design company behind it says can help construction workers.It can also move easily on uneven and slippery surfaces, soft floors and in canals, pipes and ducts.The robot, inspired by a caterpillar, mirrors how the insect moves,.The motions of a caterpillar’s wriggling muscle movement are copied using magnetic of metal rings, wrapped in a durable silicone tube.The unique construction allows this robot to move on rough and uneven surfaces where more traditional tools might get stuck.Designer company Emami says RoboWorm can contort itself out of trouble.RoboWorm has two “heads” , one at each end, making it possible to move backwards without having to flip over. This lets it move backwards and forwards even in very tight spaces.It is equipped with cameras and additional sensors, for example a microphone, to make recordings possible in hard-to-reach areas such as a collapsed building in rescue work.The recordings can be sent to a receiving station immediately or stored in the device for later extraction.The device , which is still being developed, was rewarded with a special mention at the German Design Award. It rewards ground-breaking work in communication and product design.A spokesman for Emami Design said:” Flexibility and mobility, if nothing else, make RoboWorm with its camera and microphone a life-saving helper in earthquake zones where robots can for instance localise buried persons in collapsed building or under snow or rock avalanches.” # ROBOT VER DE TERRE (Credit Image: © Visual via ZUMA Press)