Firefighting is a difficult and dangerous job, which puts humans on the front line to save life and property on a regular basis. It’s a prime candidate for some robot helpers, and [Ivan] has … ...

The first robot to put out a fire was "Speedy Bullet," built by Harmanveer Cheema and Manpreet Sidhu. “Leading up to the competition, we had built a more complex robot,” said Sidhu. “But in the ...

The fire-fighting 'dragon' robot with the body of a hose that can wiggle through windows to put out a blaze ... Project Skyway: World's largest network of 'drone superhighways' could be built in ...

The Trinity College Fire-Fighting Robot Contest is the largest public robot competition in the world. The goal of the contest is for the robots to move through a model floor plan of a house, find ...

It's taken seven months of work for two young American designers, Jordan Guelde and Daniel Shankland II, to create this concept model for a forest-fire-fighting robot. But though it resembles an ...

Sheffield-Hallam University is heading a pan-European project aimed at developing intelligent robots to assist fire fighters in hazardous buildings and expects demonstrate its designs on 18 January.

China has unveiled its new fire-fighting robots during a drill at Beijing's Forbidden City in China on October 10. The robots can enter buildings with explosives and toxic materials.

On the other hand, Israeli-designed and operated robots swept the 11th Annual International Fire Fighting Robot Contest this month, taking the three top prizes and six of the top ten places.

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 ...

The next generation of firefighters may not be wearing boots and suspenders—instead, they’ll be robots. A glimpse of such a future can be seen at Trinity College’s 12th annual Fire-Fighting ...

If a fire department wanted to buy a Bulldog and two robots, a Thermite and a Guardian, say, it would cost about $400,000. Additionally, Howe hopes to drive the day-to-day insurance costs of a ...