It’s a radio controlled robot with an Arduino Uno for the brains. A couple of motor driver boards are used to run four windscreen wiper motors for propulsion.

Japanese researchers developed a robot made of a hose that can spray water. The 'snake robot' can crawl through windows or other gaps in a structure.

Imagine if you saw a pimped up and remote controlled mini tank zooming to extinguish a flaming wreck. You'd be forgiven for thinking it was the beginnings of a B-rate sci-fi movie. But within just ...