Fighting fire with robots may take jobs away from humans, but it can also save lives. [Mell Bell Electronics] has built a (supervised) kid-friendly version of a firefighting robot that extinguishes… ...

We don’t think we’d want to trust our fire safety to a robot carrying a few ounces of water, but as a demonstration or science project, [Tinker Guru’s] firefighting robot was an e… ...

The robot is powered by an Arduino Mega interface and trackers from HTC’s Vive headset. It has robotic wheels, mounted to a wooden base, and pneumatic arms meant for beating the shit out of ...