The Trinity College Fire-Fighting Robot Contest is the largest public robot competition in the world. The goal of the contest is for the robots to move through a model floor plan of a house, find a ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new design in firefighting robots, already successfully tested in the field, could make firefighters’ jobs less dangerous and address one of the biggest challenges with ...

In a pioneering move, Chinese firefighters have started to employ robot dogs fitted with large hoses to tackle fires in ...

The next generation of firefighters may not be wearing boots and suspenders—instead, they’ll be robots. A glimpse of such a future can be seen at Trinity College’s 12th annual Fire-Fighting Robot ...

Over the last several decades, the design of robots has moved from an academic exercise and the domain of deep-pocketed corporations to the world of start-ups, hobbyists, and everyday people.

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 ...

From apps to robots, technology is playing a key role in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. A computer simulation of a fire as it spreads, designed to give insight to crews on the scene, was ...

Düsseldorf, September 28, 2023 – Firefighting Simulator – The Squad by Publisher astragon Entertainment and developer Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware is now available for Nintendo Switch™. The new ...

It is April and it must be time to put out some fires. I am at annual Trinity College Fire Fighting Robot Contest in Hartford, CN. I am one of many technical speakers at this year's symposium. The ...