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 ...

A four-legged robot dog was deployed for fire rescue operations in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. This is reportedly the first time a domestically-developed quadruped robot has been deployed by a ...

Soon, autonomous shipboard humanoids will present themselves on Navy ships to fight fires. Dennis Hong, profossor of mechanical and materials science at Virginia Tech and director of the Robotics and ...