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Robot Rescues Fugitive from Seoul Sewer

Written by William Cox

Monday, 19 March 2007

In more robot news from Asia, here's an interesting story about a sewer inspection robot that was used to locate a fugitive who'd hidden in the city sewer. The man, who'd stolen a woman's purse, escaped into a sewer pipe. Unfortunately, he'd been stripped of his clothes while fleeing, and he chose an exceptionally cold time to do so - the temperature was 34 degrees F.

The robot located the man, who'd apparently gotten lost in the pipes. The robot, a sewage pipe inspection robot, has six wheels and comes equipped with a camera.

Here's a video of a ~~Korean~~ Japanese news report on the event:

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Korean?
Written by Richard Lai on 2007-03-20 05:49:40
This is actually Japanese, not Korean.
Written by Jerome on 2007-03-20 06:17:41
Erm, it's not korean but japanese.
Limitless possibilities
Written by Zeus Jones on 2007-03-20 12:13:45
Moore's Law aside, the advances in robotics in the last few years are astonishing. Stories like this show that even robots that are designed for very mundane tasks, with a little imagination, have the potential to do a huge variety of things. In the next decade I think it will be people's fear of robotics, not the technology, that will limit the impact robots and robotics can have on our everyday lives.

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