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News - October 9, 2001

At WTC Search, Graduate Students Deploy Shoebox-Sized Robots

Robot "babies" go where rescue workers and dogs cannot


Photo of damage at the collapse site
Damage at the collapse site.

Photo of graduate students Brian Minten and Jenn Casper near the collapse site
Graduate students Brian Minten and Jenn Casper near the collapse site.

Photo of one of the search and rescue robots
One of the search and rescue robots.

Photo of one of the search and rescue robots
One of the search and rescue robots.

robot
One of the search and rescue robots.

Photo of robot entering sewer
One of the search and rescue robots enters a sewer.

Photo of operator and monitor
Operator and monitor.

Photo of robot's 'eye' view
Robot's 'eye' view.

Photo of group of search and rescue robots
Group of search and rescue robots.

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