A fire and rescue service in the United Kingdom has added a firefighting robot to its equipment. The new piece of technology will also be used by Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS) to protect ...

When firefighters arrive at a major blaze, they often face the same problem. They have to walk into danger without knowing exactly what is inside. Smoke hides everything. Floors may be unstable. Toxic ...

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Chinese robotics firm Unitree has unveiled new quadruped fire rescue robots built for firefighting and emergency response. Featuring modular designs, these robots adapt to real-world rescue missions, ...

Sharjah uses the robots during the most dangerous stages of industrial blazes, including chemical risk sites and unstable ...

Firefighters responding to a fire emergency may be getting some extra help from robots. We’ve heard about humanoid firefighting robots helping out with ship fires before, but this one is a bit smaller ...

Hyundai announced the unimaginatively named Unmanned Firefighting Robot last week – but this life-saving robot isn’t just a futuristic concept. The first operational unit was donated and deployed at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A four-legged robot dog was deployed for fire rescue operations in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. This is reportedly the first ...

COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) - The Collins Fire Department is using nearly $420,000 in federal and state grants to purchase new firefighting gear and buy a transport unit for a firefighting robot. The ...

National Fire Agency Administrator Kim Seung-ryong said, "We plan to add 18 more unmanned firefighting robots over the next two years and, in the mid to long term, expand their deployment to fire ...