The World Robot Summit, which will take place during two main events in August and October next year, will test the potential of robots in a range of challenging competitions. We spoke with Satoshi Tadokoro from Tohoku University, who is leading the disaster robotics competition. A preliminary version leading up to this competition was held in 2018 (pictured) and findings were recently reported1.

A mobility task in the 2018 preliminary Disaster Robotics Challenge. Credit: Hiroko Tadokoro