[Video] Ship robot-fire SAFFiR
At the Naval Future Force Science & Technology EXPO exhibition on February 4, the SAFFir team of engineers reported on a series of successful experiments in which they developed a prototype of a humanoid robot used to extinguish ship fires. Testing took place on the former landing ship of the US Navy Shadwell, decommissioned from the fleet in 1970 and in the reserve of national defense.
SAFFir (Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot) is a remotely controlled android designed for the US Naval Research Administration. SAFFir's height is 178 cm, weight - 65 kg. It is designed to extinguish fires on ships with a fire hose in actual conditions, such as an uneven floor or room smoke. The choice in favor of a humanoid robot was made because of the difficult conditions in which he would have to move on the deck and inside the ship: narrow corridors, hatches, stairs make it impossible to use a wheeled robot that carries water or fire extinguishers.
Using SAFFir to extinguish a test fire
SAFFir is based on another development - the robot CHARLI-L1 , created in Virginia Tech (a division of the University of Pennsylvania). This robot had autonomy, working 30 minutes on electric batteries, knew how to interact with fire extinguishing systems on the ship and throw specially designed PEAT devices (Propelled Extinguishing Agent Technology) into the fire centers - small grenades that spray chemical-suppressing agents around themselves. CHARLI-L1 was equipped with navigation tools for movement in narrow spaces of the ship, motion sensors and infrared cameras.
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CHARLI-L1
Now SAFFir has rather modest capabilities, compared to its predecessor. A pair of infrared cameras and a lidar detector provide “vision” through the smoke to the robot; The plans of the engineering team to ensure the full autonomy of SAFFir, completely eliminating the crew of the vessel from extinguishing the fire.
SAFFir (Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot) is a remotely controlled android designed for the US Naval Research Administration. SAFFir's height is 178 cm, weight - 65 kg. It is designed to extinguish fires on ships with a fire hose in actual conditions, such as an uneven floor or room smoke. The choice in favor of a humanoid robot was made because of the difficult conditions in which he would have to move on the deck and inside the ship: narrow corridors, hatches, stairs make it impossible to use a wheeled robot that carries water or fire extinguishers.
Using SAFFir to extinguish a test fire
SAFFir is based on another development - the robot CHARLI-L1 , created in Virginia Tech (a division of the University of Pennsylvania). This robot had autonomy, working 30 minutes on electric batteries, knew how to interact with fire extinguishing systems on the ship and throw specially designed PEAT devices (Propelled Extinguishing Agent Technology) into the fire centers - small grenades that spray chemical-suppressing agents around themselves. CHARLI-L1 was equipped with navigation tools for movement in narrow spaces of the ship, motion sensors and infrared cameras.
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CHARLI-L1
Now SAFFir has rather modest capabilities, compared to its predecessor. A pair of infrared cameras and a lidar detector provide “vision” through the smoke to the robot; The plans of the engineering team to ensure the full autonomy of SAFFir, completely eliminating the crew of the vessel from extinguishing the fire.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/376211/
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