{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.wevolver.com%2Fepisodes%2Frichard-voyles-in-robots-in-depth-37-5XHE6IzX","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Rescue robotics with Head of the Collaborative Robotics Lab Richard Voyles","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/d72f2546-85ce-467b-a53a-6d721a16b113/cae2002e-2a19-4618-ae09-44a72ad36c5a/robots-in-depth.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Head of the Collaborative Robotics Lab at Purdue University Richard Voyles talks about rescue robotics and advising politicians about robotics.\n\nRichard shares how he reacted to the Three Mile Island accident by doing robotics research focused on rescue robotics. He also talks about how robotics has been able to help out in the later nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and Fukoshima. We hear about how long different types of equipment last in such extreme environments and the spectrum of work that is being done in the area.\n\nWe also learn how things we take for granted are not always true in a rescue situation and that creates a challenge for the sensors used in that environment.\n\nRichard and Per then discuss the role of robotics in the community and the importance of considering it in the political landscape.\n\nThis interview was recorded in 2015."}