Flying Dragon Firefighter Robot

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Credit: Tadokoro Laboratory, Tohoku University, Japan

It is no secret that robots can be quite effective against fires. We have already covered many wheeled firefighter robots in the past. The Dragon Firefighter is a 4 meter long, remote controlled flying firehose robot that can put out fires in buildings without putting any human in danger.

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This robot sprays water at rate of 6.6 liters per second. The hose’s tip has regular and thermal imaging camera to find the location of fire.

[Credit: Yu Yamauchi, Yukihiro Maezawa, Yuichi Ambe, Masashi Konyo, Kenjiro Tadakuma, Satoshi Tadokoro]

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