Hoya Robot Stares Helplessly At Fires
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Thursday, 8 of October , 2009 at 12:38 am
The Hoya firefighter’s assistant robot looks like (but isn’t) a stubbier version of the Recon Scout tactical surveillance robot. It’s designed to be let loose in buildings that are on fire to search for people and transmit information back to firefighters, including live video with sound, temperature data, and some kind of smoke data. The Hoya robot differs from the Recon Scout in that it’s more compact, and has a neat little fold-out rear wheel that makes the whole 3 pound package even more compact. Oh, and it’s also waterproof and can withstand temperatures of up to 320 degrees.
It’s a great idea to have a little surveillance robots for firefighters, but while you’re at it, why not have it actually fight fires? I mean, QinetiQ robots do it, Rovio does it, Anna Konda does it, there’s even an entire event at RoboGames for firefighting robots. So give this guy a little squirt gun, and make him feel useful.
VIA [ Crave ]
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