Humanity has come a long way over the last few hundred years, but we are still terrifyingly vulnerable and susceptible to fires. Firefighters have employed tank-like robots that carry hoses into ...

Add another eerily lifelike robot to the military's rapidly expanding android army. This one is, of all things, a mechanical firefighter. And not only can it climb ladders like its flesh-and-blood ...

Japanese researchers have developed a flying dragon robot called the Dragon Firefighter to fight fires from a distance. The robot, equipped with a four-meter-long firehose, can safely approach fire ...

Los Angeles City Fire Department Captain Jason Ortiz operates the department's new Thermite RS3 robotic vehicle during a demonstration in a parking lot adjacent to the Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training ...

MIT researchers have built a new AI system that allows robots to create detailed 3D maps of complex environments within seconds. The technology could transform how search-and-rescue robots navigate ...

Robots, drones, artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging digital technologies, which are already helping to advance nuclear decommissioning projects worldwide, are set to play an increasingly ...

A new firefighting robot developed by the US Navy will learn how to walk on ships as part of a project worth almost $600,000. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) last week revealed the bipedal ...

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