crisis here or abroad called the sect-2. here to walk us through the specifics is professor ian nah howard from georgia tech here in atlanta. first of all, thanks for being here. it's only because people continue to do work on these things they can become useful and we can deploy them. tell us what this is. >> this is a prototype. what we're trying to do is have enough terrain mobility to get to people who are in the rubble and also provide a telepresence for the human first responders. >> tell me about the importance of that. we certainly get it because there's a nuclear issue here. there are places that we may want devices to go to see if there are survivors or see the condition of something. but this has been sort of the big move in search and rescue robotics, telepresence. >> what happens is that in order -- we can't send first responders because we don't want to put them danger. the roman become it is human presence get to see and navigate as if you were there. >> show me what this can do?