SAFFiR robot could be putting out fires on Navy ships
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SAFFiR, the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot, is being developed to help put out fires on naval vessels
Virginia Tech's CHARLI-L1 robot, which SAFFiR is based on
If there's one thing that you don't want happening on board a ship, it's a fire. People on board burning ships can't simply run out onto the streets, as they hopefully could in the case of a structural fire, plus many people caught belowdecks don't have windows nearby to climb out of. Then, there's also the fact that crew members fighting such fires have to work in narrow, claustrophobic passageways, instead of wide-open roads. Given that fires are particularly possible on military ships, due to attacks by enemy forces, America's Naval Research Laboratory is now developing a special something to help fight fires at sea - it's called SAFFiR, the Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot.
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