Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around

Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by Loughla on Sunday October 01, 2023 @08:38AM (#37725366)

>“There are lots of places that this would be useful that wouldn’t be right next to a person,” he says. “I do actually think this would be a solution to search and rescue"

Someone smarter than me tell me how this would be at all useful for search and rescue. I can't see it. If this thing, at a large scale, could be used, then so could a helicopter?

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Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by Retric on Sunday October 01, 2023 @09:04AM (#37725555)

I think the idea is to make a small robot to go through gaps in a collapsed structure. This could help figure out which pieces can be moved safely without causing further collapse.

Alternatively, if you can get water to trapped people you can greatly extend how long you have to rescue someone.

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Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by foreigner on Sunday October 01, 2023 @11:52AM (#37727095)

"Search and rescue" is the standard excuse anytime someone invents a nifty new robot. I would love to know how many robots are actually really used in search and rescue.

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Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by bondarchuk on Sunday October 01, 2023 @12:05PM (#37727284)

To be more precise, "search and rescue" is a euphemism for "warfare".

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Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by cooldrcool2 on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:04PM (#37728006)

‘Search and destroy.’

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Re:Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around by bglazer on Sunday October 01, 2023 @03:10PM (#37729410)

“We’ll use it to find people in building rubble” really begs the question of why the building is rubble in the first place

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