Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Murphy malitere ime nnyocha n'ihe banyere ígwè ọrụ robot na-arụ ọrụ n'oge ọdachi na 1995, n'ihi bọmbụ ahụ a tụrụ n'Oklahoma City. Murphy bụ onye nduzi nke Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASASR) site na 2002 ruo 2018, ma na-eje ozi ugbu a dị ka osote onye isi. Site na CRASAR, o sonyere na ọdachi 9/11 World Trade Center (2001), nke a na-ewere dị ka nke mbụ iji robot maka usoro nzaghachi mberede nke ọdachi. Kemgbe ahụ, o nyela aka tinye ala, ikuku, na usoro mmiri na-enweghị ụgbọ mmiri na ọdachi 27 gụnyere Hurricane Katrina, nke a na-ewere dị ka nke mbụ iji obere usoro ikuku na-enweghị ụgbọelu, ihe ọghọm nuklia Fukishima Daiichi (2011),
Tsunami Tōhoku (2011), nsogbu ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ ụgbọ mmiri ndị Siria (2016), na Hurricane Harvey (2017). O dere akwụkwọ bụ Disaster Robotics, MIT Press, n'afọ 2014.