Japanese scientists invent firefighting dragon robot to extinguish infernos from above
The state-of-the-art 13-foot-long robotic dragon that spouts water rather than flames.
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The state-of-the-art 13-foot-long robotic dragon that spouts water rather than flames.
The robot's blueprint is available for everyone to see, which means it could eventually join real-life firefighter teams.
Imagine a flying dragon that doesn’t spout fire, but instead extinguishes it with blasts of water. Thanks to a team of Japanese researchers, this new kind of beast may soon be recruited to firefighter teams around the world, to help put out fires that are too dangerous for their human teammates to approach. The blueprint…
The state-of-the-art 13-foot-long robotic dragon that spouts water rather than flames.
<p><em>Researchers have developed the Dragon Firefighter, a flying firehose that can aid human firefighters to put out the most dangerous fires. Because the design is Open Science, researchers around the world can use these plans to build their own Dragon Firefighters. The authors expect that real-world applications will be possible within a decade.</em></p>