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U.S. Navy Developing Fire Fighting Robot

Posted March 24, 2012 10:22 AM

From Technabob:

Fires on board vessels at sea are a pretty serious hazard. That's why the U.S. Navy has been developing a firefighter for the fleet based on Virginia Tech's CHARLI-L1 robot. The U.S. Naval Research Lab is in charge of the project and are working with the University of Penn as well.

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03/24/2012 10:41 AM

Engineering News, 8th March 2012

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