It’s a radio controlled robot with an Arduino Uno for the brains. A couple of motor driver boards are used to run four windscreen wiper motors for propulsion.

The Navy's Shipboard Autonomous Fire-Fighting Robot won't replace humans, but it could supplement damage control efforts.

The robot got its first real world test at a major warehouse fire in eastern Illinois on Wednesday. The Purdue Fire Department was called in to assist inside the 400,000-square-foot building.

Japanese researchers developed a robot made of a hose that can spray water. The 'snake robot' can crawl through windows or other gaps in a structure.

The firefighting robot is the brainchild of four students of the electrical department and the prototype covers design and construction of a robot that is able to sense and extinguish fire.