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Japan seemed to be obsessed with robots
and they are why is that damn power this
tech impact our future I took a plane to
find out more snakes are genuine
creatures to some people that
fascinating for a lot of people they are
simply terrifying and to Robo designers
there are often inspirations for their
creations I want to find out why that is
and why snake BOTS can't even save lives
robots that move like snakes are not
just a nightmare we know from science
fiction movies from surgical
applications to more everyday situations
snakes have often been the inspiration
for industrial designs their flexible
bodies make them perfect blueprints for
areas that demand a high level of
agility save isn't heavy well a single
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man this is Professor Fumito she Mizuno
his main field of research
robotic rescue support systems professor
Matsuno is the head of the Matsuno lab
at the university of kyoto and is also
the vice-president of the prolific robot
society of japan heavy oh my name is an
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statements a snake that climbs ladders
does this idea give you the creeps or
does the end justify the means when it
comes to the
sighing robots let us know in the
comments but before we take a closer
look at that thing how in God's name
does someone end up in such a specific
field of science like disaster robots to
robot
yeah tape and iscador space exploration
robots what does the Mars rover
and this robot have in common
find out in the next episode of robots
like me
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good or so professor Matsui had a very
personal reason to get involved in
disaster control the great hanshin-awaji
earthquake happened in 1995 more than
6,000 people died most of them in the
city of Kobe it was one of the band's
worst earthquakes in the 20th century
Japan is one of the world's most
earthquake-prone countries Japan only
accounts for 0.28 percent of the world's
land area but eighteen point five
percent of all heavy earthquakes plus it
is the home of seven percent of all
active volcanoes and with Japan relying
heavily on nuclear power there is even
more at stake in the ongoing crisis
management after the nuclear disaster
Fukushima robots play a vital part it is
no wonder Japan is a leading country
when it comes to rescue technology but
back to the snake pot it's a really
impressive machine but how exactly can
it help on catastrophe sides so Heidi
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talks about autonomous to make the snake
but fit for the demanding task professor
matt suno and his team keep on refining
it's moving patterns creating a super
snake how many joints that
while real snakes can climb trees as
well they might have a hard time
climbing up a letter but the letter
might be the only way to reach a certain
area in an emergency for example to
check for possible survivors the
researchers have to think of a wide
range of scenarios
it could be crucial to be able to move
inside of a pipe but also on the outside
as you know what it steered by a Sony
Playstation controller left it's for
vertical movement and right is for up
and down but don't get fooled the snakes
movements have very complex it takes a
lot of training to maneuver it
effectively the Saudis taught skilled
thieves who you know what skubick that
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they're not not the smartest want isn't
it
so what the snake but can do is save
precious time and thus make operations
much more effective and help save
survivors without rescue workers having
to take great risks robots as lifesavers
do you think we need more of their
technology let us know in the comments
still there are many things the snake
but can't do open doors for example good
news there's another robot for that find
out what it is capable of and what that
has to do with space exploration in the
next episode of robots like me