The project utilizes a Wiimote in order to create a suitable control system for a firefighting robot. One of the good features of Wiimote is that it is a low cost Bluetooth transceiver since it can ...

While some robots look like a lot of fun and can put a smile on your face, others clearly have a more serious job to do. Take the Thermite RS3, built by Kansas-based Textron. This chunky bit of kit ...

COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) - The Collins Fire Department has a new state-of-the-art piece of robotic firefighting equipment. It can battle intense industrial fires while keeping human firefighters at a ...

If there's one job that a person would probably prefer to lose to a robot, it would be fighting fires aboard ships. To help make such a vision a reality, the US Navy and the Office of Naval Research ...

Meet SAFFiR, the firefighting robot. Fresh out of the Naval Research Lab, the bot is ready to take on rescue operations on ships that are in trouble. The Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (the ...