Naval Research Laboratory Designs Robot For Shipboard Firefighting

If you like robots, then you perhaps you already know about or may have heard about SAFFiR. This futuristic looking design is actually a shipboard firefighter... at least it will be.

The robot SAFFiR (Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot) was chosen to have humanoid features because it was deemed best suited to operate within the confining and often narrow environments on board naval vessels.

This bad ass 'fire-terminator' if you will, will come equipped with enhanced multi-modal sensor technology for advanced navigation. A sensor suite that includes a camera, gas detector, and stereo IR camera to see through smoke. The upper body will be able to operate fire suppression equipment and throwing propelled extinguishing agent technology (PEAT) grenades.

While this is still in the development stages, the NRL working hard on getting this into production and is planning on testing the robot on board the the USS Shadwell in September of 2013. So the next time you're on board a boat and hear something say 'come with me if you want to live' ... it might not be Arnie, but may still save your life.  Check out the NRL website for more information.