The invention discloses a novel rescue robot. The novel rescue robot can efficiently walk in a complex post-disaster area through a design of a spider-like structure. Compared with a traditional wheelstructure, a robot body structure is more lightweight and has advantages in load-bearing capacity and energy consumption distance per unit of travel distance. A third leg imitates the palm of a geckofor design and is provided with a plurality of suckers, so that the novel rescue robot can walk as on flat ground even if on steep slopes, and the problem that traditional robots cannot solve in post-disaster rescue movement is solved. A base is of a double base structure with an inner base and an outer base, the inner base and the outer base are connected through a buffer rod imitating a snake shape. During walking, the shock absorption effect is better than that of a conventional shock absorber; the longitudinal structure is smaller, so the overall volume is reduced, and the novel rescue robot can pass through a smaller hole-like structure. The novel rescue robot is provided with a life detector instead of traditional manual search and rescue of disaster victims and is more efficient.