"Robots join the Navy to fight fires at sea" Topic
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| Tango01 | 28 Mar 2014 10:17 p.m. PST |
"The Navy's new humanoid robots can detect fires on a ship, withstand extreme heat up to 500 degrees, and fight the fire shoulder to shoulder with human firefighters. Designed to fight shipboard fires at sea, the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot, known as SAFFiR, is a human-sized robot. Under direction and funding from the Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Laboratory researchers have been working with university researchers to develop the tech. SAFFiR is meant to move autonomously throughout a ship, learn its layout and patrol for structural problems. The robot will be able to interact with the sailors onboard, and take on many of their dangerous firefighting tasks…" YouTube link Full article here.
link Would be good minis! Amicalement
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| Mako11 | 28 Mar 2014 10:35 p.m. PST |
Makes a lot of sense. I just saw a headline too, where they are being used as observers, and are very effective at that, since they can't be bribed like humans can……. |
| Tango01 | 29 Mar 2014 10:40 a.m. PST |
How much time for them to lern how to fight against people instead of fire? (smile). Amicalement
Armand |
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speculates about post-Innsmouth gaming.