The project utilizes an Arduino to control the Puff as the Dragon fire fighter robot which scans flames using its head and blows out the flame. The project utilizes an Arduino to control the Puff as ...

Humanity has come a long way over the last few hundred years, but we are still terrifyingly vulnerable and susceptible to fires. Firefighters have employed tank-like robots that carry hoses into ...

Fighting fire with robots may take jobs away from humans, but it can also save lives. [Mell Bell Electronics] has built a (supervised) kid-friendly version of a firefighting robot that extinguishes ...

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 ...

Folks have been using the popular Arduino DIY computing platform to build robots and all sorts of other simple computing devices for a while. Arduino boards are inexpensive and relatively easy to use ...