Path planning using RISC reptile robot

RISC stands for RESCUE using IMAGES for SEARCH during CALAMITY. RISC robots are semi-automated surface motion based robots designed to navigate different terrains replicating the natural movement of reptiles, which could help in traversing challenging and narrow paths where human movement is impossible. RISC robots are most useful in situations where their unique characteristics give them an advantage over their environment. These environments tend to be long and thin like pipes or highly cluttered like rubble. Thus RISC robots are currently being developed to assist search and rescue teams. Furthermore, when a task requires a number of different obstacles to be overcome, the locomotive flexibility of RISC robots makes them good candidates. Their small cross section to length ratio allows them to move into, and maneuver through, tight spaces their ability to change the shape of their body allows them to perform a wide range of behaviors, such as climbing stairs. Additionally, many RISC robots are constructed by chaining together a number of independent links. This redundancy makes them resistant to failure, because they can continue to operate even if parts of their body are destroyed.