In New York, a robot dog was sent to look for people under the rubble of a collapsed building (6 photos + 1 video)

April 18 in the New York area of Lower Manhattan happened sudden collapse of a 4-story parking garage. One person died five were injured. Due to the instability of collapsed structures the fire department decided to first run inside robot dog Spot and explore the scene with drones.





A mechanical dog named Spot, painted like a Dalmatian, was used instead of human firefighters - for their safety. His the task was to inspect the rubble and transmit video data.



“Thank God we had a robotic dog that could enter the building. This is exactly the situation when people immediately inside it was dangerous to send,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said on the spot. incidents.



The incident occurred exactly one week after the mayor and NYPD introduced police robo-dogs and announced that will start using them soon.



“Our roboticists happened to be nearby. They are very fast arrived at the scene, said the head of the operations department New York City Fire Department John Esposito. - They were able provide us with a video of the building from the inside, and then with the help of a drone conducted appraisal and inspection.



Robots have played a critical role in security rescuers. “They can stream and stream video to all phones straight to our command center,” Esposito said. For the first time we were able get a picture of the blockages and preliminary information without risking the lives of our people."



In a video taken by an eyewitness at the scene, a $75,000 robot dog walks towards a pile of rubble and immediately falls on its side, trying to climb over a broken concrete slab.

It doesn't look very cool. Maybe then the robot after all dragged inside and he was able to start broadcasting data from there? It's a pity that we have only footage of his inglorious fall.

70 kg robot dog made by Boston Dynamics, acquired by the New York City Fire Department a year ago specifically for search and rescue missions and in situations of high risk. The mechanical dog was painted to look like a Dalmatian and named Berg. This was her baptism of fire.