Wireless underground robots for first responders

 First responders may have to look for victims in hostile or challenging environments, such as clandestine tunnels, subway systems, and underground structures; sending a wireless robot to look around and pull victims out would be safer Allen-Vanguard announced the other day its collaboration with WFS Defense, a supplier of through-ground and through-water wireless communications technology, to develop and demonstrate the what the company describes as the industry’s first Wireless Underground Robots for First Responders (WURFR) robotic vehicle.  http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120207-wireless-underground-robots-for-first-responders