Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Murphy akatanga kutsvakurudza nezvemarobhoti anoshanda panenge paitika njodzi muna 1995, achikurudzirwa nebhomba rakaitika muOklahoma City. Murphy aive director weCentre for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASASR) kubva muna 2002 kusvika 2018, uye parizvino anoshanda semutevedzeri wemutungamiri. Kuburikidza neCRASAR akapinda munjodzi ye 9/11 World Trade Center (2001), inofungidzirwa kuti ndiyo yekutanga kushandiswa kwemarobhoti padanho rekukurumidzira renjodzi. Kubvira ipapo iye akabatsira kuisa unmanned pasi, mhepo, uye zvomumvura hurongwa mune 27 njodzi kusanganisira dutu Katrina, iro rinoonekwa wokutanga kushandiswa duku unmanned mhepo hurongwa, ari Fukishima Daiichi njodzi yenyukireya (2011), ari Tōhoku
Tsunami (2011), Syrian Boat Refugee crisis (2016), uye Hurricane Harvey (2017). Akanyora bhuku rinonzi Disaster Robotics, MIT Press, muna 2014.