[cap10mike]

In the United States Navy, the future is now in this report from "Digital Diva" Diana Demarest.

[maine yankee]

But can it keep up with the rest of the crew at happy hour ?

There are priorities.

[radioactivereb]

The narrow passages rule out a fireproof Al Gore

[radioactivereb]

The narrow passages rule out a fireproof Al Gore

[Jacvin]

I want one.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Ironically, the humanoid shape is only rarely the best configuration for robots. If you think of the animal and insect kingdom from a purely mechanical point of view, for any given thing that a human can do, some animal can do it better.

So when you design a robot, why design for human “good” when you can design based on an animal “better”?

Another advantage of a robot is that it can do safe fire diagnostics, that is, how you fight a fire is based on what kind of fire it is, and what kind of threat it contains.

Personally, I think that in most cases below decks, a robot would spray high expansion firefighting foam and just bury the fire under it. For smaller fires, it could spray CO2 or Halon.

The critical thing is to get it to the fire ASAP.

[DustyMoment]

Navy to test humanoid robot to fight fires

Start with Obama. If he survives, it might be worth pursuing!