RoboCup Rescue 2009 photos

Amir, one of the participants in this year's RoboCup Rescue competition was kind enough to let me know of a large collection of photos from the competition that he would like to share with all of us. For context, the rescue competition is designed to stimulate research in building autonomous or semi-autonomous mobile robots that can assist in rescue operations in disaster zones, e.g., finding survivors in a collapsed building after a major earthquake. The competition has been taking place annually for more than a decade and I can tell you that the rescue robots are becoming more advanced every year. I am very optimistic that in another 10 years such robots will become a rescuer's best friend helping save many lives.

With Amir's permission I have included a couple of the photos at the bottom of this post, but if you want to see the entire collection of more than 100 high resolution photos, go here.

Thank you Amir and I hope your team was successful at the competition.