The company teamed up with SINTEF, a Norwegian research centre, and in 1996 sold its first unit in Germany.

该公司与一个名为森泰福（SINTEF）的挪威研究中心进行了合作，并在1996年于德国售出了他们的第一批纸箱。

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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Hamburg and the SINTEF institute in Trondheim were also part of the team.

汉堡马克斯普朗克研究所和特隆赫姆挪威SINTEF研究所的研究人员也参与了该项研究。

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The idea was further explored by Torleif Holt and Thor Thornsen, scientists at Norwegian research center SINTEF.

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Besides providing support in dangerous situations like tunnel fires, SINTEF envisions future versions of Anna being used to locate and provide oxygen to earthquake victims or perform maintenance on underwater oil rigs.

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So it looks like firefighters may be the next unlucky professionals replaced by cheap robotic labor, at least if a snakebot built by the Foundation for Industrial and Scientific Research in Norway (SINTEF) ever makes it into mass production.

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