Blacksburg, VA - Researchers at Virginia Tech continue to perfect the future of firefighting aboard Navy ships... and it's almost right out of a Terminator movie. The team receives funding from the ...

Fighting fire with robots may take jobs away from humans, but it can also save lives. [Mell Bell Electronics] has built a (supervised) kid-friendly version of a firefighting robot that extinguishes ...

Called SAFFiR, the Navy’s humanoid robot prototype is designed to walk on uneven surfaces, use thermal imaging to locate overheated equipment, and operate a hose to extinguish fires aboard naval ...