The date is Nov. 3, 2014. A fire erupts on the ex-USS Shadwell, anchored in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Smoke quickly fills the small room where the fire burns in a metal canister. A tall humanoid robot ...

A fire-fighting robot designed by the U.S. Navy could help protect sailors as they carry out missions on the high seas. The Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (Saffir) has been in development ...

The Navy's Shipboard Autonomous Fire-Fighting Robot won't replace humans, but it could supplement damage control efforts.

Over the past year his mission has been to help bring this robot called, SAFFIR - or Shipboard Autonomous Fire Fighting Robot - to the decks of US Navy ships.

The robot got its first real world test at a major warehouse fire in eastern Illinois on Wednesday. The Purdue Fire Department was called in to assist inside the 400,000-square-foot building.

Japanese researchers have developed an astonishing robot with a snake-like body that is capable of fighting fires. The 'dragon robot' is capable of wriggling into hard-to-reach gaps between ...

Jane Jerrard interviews Brian Lattimer, an engineer at Virginia Tech who, along with his colleagues, has been commissioned by the U.S. Navy to design and build a robot that can respond to human ...

Firefighting is a difficult and dangerous job, which puts humans on the front line to save life and property on a regular basis. It’s a prime candidate for some robot helpers, and [Ivan] has … ...

Howe and Howe Technologies of Waterboro, Maine, has unveiled the firefighter of tomorrow called the Thermite RS1-T2. Based on technology developed for the U.S. Army, this squat little modular ...

Giving its ability to deal with fire emergencies a technical edge, the Surat Fire and Emergency Services (SFES) have roped in a fire fighting robot!