Episode 45: ‘Raposa’, a robot for search and rescue

Created to help save lives in a disaster context, RAPOSA is a small robot (length approx. 70cm, width 50cm and height by up to 15cm), flattened, with cog wheels reminiscent of a war tank. Analyze the context, go up and down stairs, move around rubble with autonomy and agility and bring light and voice to potential victims of disasters while they wait for help. Between 2003 and 2005 he joined juntou Técnico professors and researchers  / Institute For Systems and Robotics (ISR), IDMind, and engeeniers / firefighters of the ‘Regimento Sapadores de Bombeiros de Lisboa’. From the partnership was born this powerful “operational” capable of arriving first and doing what humans cannot.

  • Acknowledgements:
    António Pato
    Isabel Ribeiro
    Rodrigo Ventura
    Paulo Alvito
    Pedro Lima
    ID Mind
    ISR

Episode only available in Portuguese in: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Anchor.fm

Further reading and additional audio in the Portuguese version of this webpage.

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