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… ...

The firefighting robot is the brainchild of four students of the electrical department and the prototype covers design and construction of a robot that is able to sense and extinguish fire.

It’s a radio controlled robot with an Arduino Uno for the brains. A couple of motor driver boards are used to run four windscreen wiper motors for propulsion.

In recent years, the global community has been plagued by a troubling increase in devastating fire outbreaks. These disasters inflict severe economic losses, environmental degradation, and, tragically ...

Based on technology developed for the U.S. Army, this squat little modular robot on tank treads is a small, powerful fire fighting machine that provides crews with a means for remote ...