A main area of research and frequently cited area of applications for robots are search and rescue operations. The guest in the latest episode of Talking Robots is one of a few who have extensive real-world experience with using robots in such scenarios. 9/11, mine disasters with people stuck 600m below ground and large scale devastation in hurricane Katrina - Robin Murphy and the CRASAR emergency response team were there deploying rescue robots. If you really want to hear more about the stressful and gritty truth of using ground, air and underwater robots in real-world disaster scenarios tune in!