A team of scientists led by Professor Qin Shi from the Beijing Institute of Technology has developed a rat robot that can move through the rubble and search for people.. According to NV, the researchers were inspired by the gray rat, whose compact size and body structure allow it to penetrate into narrow places..

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Scientists were able to copy the morphology and type of movement in the space of rats. They repeated the trajectory of movement of all the joints of the animal to get a stable and agile mechanism..

The robot is called SQuRo, it can crouch, walk, crawl and turn, as well as recover from a fall.. The mechanical rat controls its limbs and neck to adjust its center of gravity.

During field trials, the SQuRo successfully navigated a rough narrow passage only 90 millimeters wide, cleared an obstacle, and achieved stable movement on a 15-degree slope.. In the future, the robot rat can be used to search for people under the rubble..

The main advantage of SQuRo is maneuverability and compact size.

But in addition to the ability to climb into the most inaccessible places, the robot will also be able to carry a small load.. In tests, it showed stability under a load of 91% of its own weight, which is 220 grams..

Recall, rescuers dismantled in Borodyanka, Kiev region, all the rubble of buildings destroyed as a result of a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into the territory of Ukraine. The bodies of 41 people were recovered from the rubble.