Watch how a robotic dog helps in rescue ops after building collapse in New York

A video shared by the New York City Fire Department on Twitter showed the robotic dog moving around outside a building while firefighters stood beside it.

FDNY members continue operations at the scene of the collapse of a parking garage on 57 Ann St. Because of danger of further collapse FDNY robot dog was deployed to assist in search and rescue. pic.twitter.com/UI8jnjUxsE

— FDNY (@FDNY) April 18, 2023

In another video, addressing the media, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said, “I do want to point out that, thank God, we had the robotic dog that was able to go in the building,” said Mayor Eric Adams. “This is ideally what we talk about, not sending a human being inside a building that is unstable. We were able to use technology of drone give a real visualisation of what is happening.”

John Esposito, Chief of Operations said, “This was a dangerous situation for the firefighters. We responded to the collapse of the building. We have firefighters in the building continuing the searches. The building was continuing to collapse.”

“Robotics unit happened to be nearby. They were on scene very quickly. We deployed our robot dog into the building. They were able to record videos inside and we were able to fly our drones inside,” he added.