Modded Rovio Puts Out Fires

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 29 of April , 2009 at 4:51 am

While not nearly as cute as Puff the firefighting dragon, this modified Rovio is probably more effective as an autonomous firefighting robot. Mounting a Halon fire extinguisher (which is a pretty serious extinguisher capable of smothering things like burning magnesium), the Rovio has been programmed to recognize fires, approach them, and activate its extinguisher. Of course, you’ll need to have a fairly small fire at ground level for this little bot to be very effective, but if you’ve got a bunch of little robots running around starting fires too, the Rovio could be just what you need.

[ Robots Rule ] VIA [ SlashGear ]

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