Blacksburg, VA - Researchers at Virginia Tech continue to perfect the future of firefighting aboard Navy ships... and it's almost right out of a Terminator movie. The team receives funding from the ...

The next generation of firefighters may not be wearing boots and suspenders—instead, they’ll be robots. A glimpse of such a future can be seen at Trinity College’s 12th annual Fire-Fighting Robot ...

Called SAFFiR, the Navy’s humanoid robot prototype is designed to walk on uneven surfaces, use thermal imaging to locate overheated equipment, and operate a hose to extinguish fires aboard naval ...