A box with an internal light and a cardboard flame represented each fire. Fire fighter robots were required to press a button on the box in order to extinguish the "fire." Design considerations. The ...

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US Navy scientists have unveiled a prototype fire-fighting robot. The Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot is the size of a human and is capable of detecting fires.

Robots fighting fire? Preposterous, you might say. But wait a minute, the future is here and autonomous fighting machines are making their way into the fire service in a big way. With human-like ...

Fire-fighting robots designed to withstand intense heat are to be tested by the US Navy this summer. The Shipboard Autonomous Fire-fighting Robot (SAFFiR) has been built by engineers at Virginia ...

The U.S. Navy is testing shipboard autonomous firefighting robots to both detect and extinguish on-board fires By Sarah Gray Published April 3, 2014 10:15PM (EDT) ...

The firefighting robot is the brainchild of four students of the electrical department and the prototype covers design and construction of a robot that is able to sense and extinguish fire.