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What's the difference between using a sprinkler system and a fire fighting robot to put out a fire? Sprinklers won't KILL US ALL after it extinguishes the fire.
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The Navy Has a Fire Fighting Robot
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TechLarry
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I've done the fire-on-destroyer thing. I say bring em' on 
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Cool Tech but I kept thinking "Man this thing is slow, I'm going to burn to death before it gets close enough to put out the fire."
Cool Tech but I kept thinking "Man this thing is slow, I'm going to burn to death before it gets close enough to put out the fire."
They just need to OC the motors a bit.
Also, I give them +5 style points for the creepy spinning sensor on the face.
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Seems like they are over thinking the problem, why not just use a robot similar to what bomb squads use and attach a hose to it that can be manipulated remotely?
I was thinking the same thing. Biped human mobility is not the greatest/end-all-be-all way to move. Make this thing a box with some sort of dynamic treads (to allow moving over larger obstacles) and put a fire hose on top. I'd be worried too if the water fires at full force that the robot would fall over; not the treaded-fire-hose-hat-box!
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Seems like it would be better and more cost effective to make an explosion/heat proof suit for a human, than to try to imitate one with gyros, gears, cables and gadgets.
Why do robots need to imitate humans anyway?
Why do robots need to imitate humans anyway?
Robots have drastically lower needs for environmental control (i.e. oxygen, air pressure, temperature etc)
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Exactly, it would seem the whole "it's got to have arms and legs like a person" is getting in the way of fielding an effective, and relatively inexpensive solution to this problem.
griff30
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Agreed.
Having served on 2 navy ships and fought one fire onboard, I can tell you this is a FAIL.
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Anyone who has seen ocean swells over 12 feet will tell you a biped robot will NEVER adapt to a set of "sealegs".
That thing is wobbly at 2 MPH, try navigating a passageway, berthing area or engine room with 20 foot swells, 1200 degrees, 500 men, oily decks and tripping over 50,000 porno mags.
WASTE OF MONEY.
A fucking automated sprinkler like in a damn car wash would be millions of times cheaper and easier. Just have an arm with nozzle and a cam sweep around controlled from CCS.
cptnjarhead
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True, but those factors would seem easier to overcome than to make a biped machine be able to maneuver a hostile ever changing environment like a human. As others have stated, why not just use a simpler more stable design, instead of mimicking a human?
My point is, getting biped robots to walk unassisted in a controlled environment is hard enough, let alone a hostile environment. If you put a human in a suit, then all you have to worry about is the internal environment of the suit.
Its about cost and effectiveness, drones fly, but they do not mimic birds for the same reason.