{"id":251055,"date":"2026-07-24T11:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/robot-snakes-searched-for-venezuela-earthquake-survivors-in-collapsed-buildings\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T11:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T11:20:43","slug":"robot-snakes-searched-for-venezuela-earthquake-survivors-in-collapsed-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/robot-snakes-searched-for-venezuela-earthquake-survivors-in-collapsed-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot snakes searched for Venezuela earthquake survivors in collapsed buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Robots slithered like snakes into the rubble of collapsed buildings to search for trapped survivors in the aftermath of Venezuela\u2019s double earthquake disaster.<\/p>\n<p>The so-called snake robots represented a unique technological aid for international search and rescue efforts following two earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20260723-world-bank-estimates-venezuela-quakes-caused-19-6-bn-in-damage\">killing more than 5,000 people<\/a> and leaving behind 16,740 injured. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn75jk07y5do\">Rescuers from around the world<\/a> used trained dogs, seismic and acoustic listening devices, video cameras on sticks, or thermal imaging cameras to search for signs of survivors\u2014but the snakebots equipped with a video camera could squeeze through tight spaces to search deep within fallen building debris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason why snake robots are useful is they can get into tightly packed volumes that machinery and people otherwise cannot, and that&#8217;s important in search and rescue because we were able to extend the visual reach of the rescue workers in a safe way,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ri.cmu.edu\/ri-faculty\/howie-choset\/\">Howie Choset<\/a>, head of the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, told Ars. \u201cIn a sense, you&#8217;re doing minimally invasive surgery on a structure with a snake robot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/07\/robot-snakes-searched-for-venezuela-earthquake-survivors-in-collapsed-buildings\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/07\/robot-snakes-searched-for-venezuela-earthquake-survivors-in-collapsed-buildings\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robots slithered like snakes into the rubble of collapsed buildings to search for trapped survivors in the aftermath of Venezuela\u2019s double earthquake disaster. The so-called snake robots represented a unique technological aid for international search and rescue efforts following two earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, killing more than 5,000 people and leaving behind 16,740 injured. 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