Firefighting robots powered by artificial intelligence have completed a successful early trial in Australia, showing they can navigate obstacles and work together to extinguish fires without placing ...

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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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A new piece of equipment at the Kansas City Fire Department proves the future is here— with a firefighting robot. On Saturday, KCFD’s latest purchase, Robot One, was ...

Hyundai has donated four super-tough unmanned robotic vehicles to firefighters in Korea for use in high-risk situations. The autonomous vehicles will deal with the initial stages of a fire to provide ...

It may look lethal, but this robot could actually help save lives one day. A team of University of Texas at Dallas engineering students designed the machine to help revolutionize how firefighters ...

A newly recruited firefighter in Los Angeles put out a major fire even before being formally introduced at a news conference. That new recruit is a robot. A newly recruited firefighter in Los Angeles ...

Firefighting robots are so cool they should make one of those calendars with the machines as the main protagonists. Sure, people might need help finding enough of them to fill an entire 12-page ...

After discovering gas canisters at the scene of the fire in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, members of the 12th Special Purpose ...

Flames towered above a South Los Angeles store early Saturday when a fire burned for more than an hour at the two-story structure. Firefighters were called at about 1:30 a.m. to the 4100 block of S.