Thanks to the cooperation between SIA and International Rescue System Institute of Japan, a Sino-Japan Rescue and Safety Robot Technology Research Center officially opened on September 12 in Shenyang, capital of northeastern China's Liaoning Province.
SIA is a major research body in robot technology in China with the capability to develop underwater robots, industrial robots and special type robots. The International Rescue System Institute of Japan is mainly engaged in research and development of robots for rescue operation after earthquakes.
The cooperation between the two institutions would help promote research and development of disaster relief robots, which could have wide applications to rescue efforts in dangerous environments after flooding, earthquakes, fires, leaks of poison and other disasters.