“The robot will throw a PEAT grenade and close off the room, and then follow up by suppressing the fire with a handline. The robot will be working with a Navy firefighter during this exercise.” ...

A fire-fighting robot is changing the way an Indiana fire department is attacking industrial fires, and Purdue researchers say it could have helped with the Indianapolis warehouse fire that burned ...

A fire truck costs something in the region of $800,000. If a fire department wanted to buy a Bulldog and two robots, a Thermite and a Guardian, say, it would cost about $400,000.

Howe and Howe Technologies of Waterboro, Maine, has unveiled the firefighter of tomorrow called the Thermite RS1-T2. Based on technology developed for the U.S. Army, this squat little modular ...

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The Navy's Shipboard Autonomous Fire-Fighting Robot won't replace humans, but it could supplement damage control efforts.

Robots developed at Virginia Tech became world-class soccer champions this past summer. Now they are moving on to fire-fighting and other tasks proving too dangerous or dull for humans.

TOKYO >> Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency plans to deploy unmanned firefighting robots and other specialized vehicles as part of its efforts to enhance the equipment and machinery ...

Hyderabad: In a major breakthrough in fire fighting, Telangana state disaster and fire services will deploy robots which can climb steps, go into dense smoke and extinguish the fire during ...

From compasses mimicking insect eyes to forest fire-fighting robots that behave like vines, here's a selection of this year's nature-based technology. Insect compass ...