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.

“There might be different robots with different roles, such as boundary cooling and fire suppressing.” As of late 2012, the Virginia Tech engineers were wholly focused on SAFFIR’s functionality.

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

The date is Nov. 3, 2014. A fire erupts on the ex-USS Shadwell, anchored in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Smoke quickly fills the small room where the fire burns in a metal canister. A tall humanoid robot ...

Last time I’ve seen firefighting robots, they sprayed both fire and themselves with water. With 3d-printing you can make your walls full of small holes and make robot “sweat” which could ...

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.

Fourteen year-old Amey Nerkar from Nashik has assembled a fire-fighting robot that will assist firemen in rescue operations and save the lives of people in an emergency Since last December, while ...

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 ...

Director general fire services Y Nagi Reddy told TOI that to strengthen the fire fighting system, centre has allocated 5,000 crore for all states and Telangana has got a share of 190.14 crore.