Since 2001,more researchers have become interested in developing rescue robots,and this research is now progressing rapidly. However,there is a lot more work to be done and natural disasters continue to occur. In fact,sevesal big carthquakes have happened recently both inside and outside Japan. So Professor Matsuno feels the importance of this work even more strongly.
In order to make faster progress,Professor Matsuno thinks it is necessary to encourage more young researchers to develop rescue robots. He is confident of their having a very important role in helping people at disaster sites in the future. He says,"Keeping Motohiro's dream in mind,I'd like to work hard to help more people survive disasters. I also hope many young people will join me in achieving this goal."