Superbot

Superbot is quite an ingenious morphing robot developed by USC's Polymorphic Robotics Lab. The robot consists of smaller autonomous robots that can link into several different configurations allowing the super-robot to roll down a hill, caterpillar through a pipe or walk like a bipedal bot for example. Take a look at the video below and read on after by clicking the read more link below.

Superbot is primarily being developed for use in space - exploration, construction and repair - but it's not difficult to see it being used in search and rescue operations. According to this story, Professor Shen, director of the lab has received $8 million in funding from NASA, DARPA and the NSF to work on Superbot. Wow, now that's a cool job!