The next generation of firefighters may not be wearing boots and suspenders—instead, they’ll be robots. A glimpse of such a future can be seen at Trinity College’s 12th annual Fire-Fighting Robot ...

From apps to robots, technology is playing a key role in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. A computer simulation of a fire as it spreads, designed to give insight to crews on the scene, was ...

"If we were to send the autonomous robot towards a fire now, it would simply walk through it and be destroyed." Pirk, as head ...

In time, these robots could find hot spots and deliver fire suppression agents, say researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara. "These robots are slow, but that is OK for fighting ...