SAFFiR (Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot) stands 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 143 pounds. The unique mechanism design on the robot equips it with super-human range of motion to maneuver in ...

The latest product of this effort is SAFFiR, a bipedal humanoid robot standing 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) tall and weighing 143 lb (64.8 kg).

With the robot's 3D mapping ability comes the need for a lot of processing power, and that's yet another obstacle. SaFFiR needs the equivalent of one desktop computer and two laptops to work.

Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR for short) is a US Navy-commissioned firefighting robot that’s designed to find and extinguish fires onboard naval ships while at sea. This is the ...

Take the SAFFiR (Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot), for example. The creation of Virginia Tech engineering students, the SAFFiR is designed to extinguish fires that break out on Naval ships.

saffir Given the unique danger of fires at sea, SAFFiR's ability to operate in hazardous conditions is crucial. This robot ...

SAFFiR (Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot) stands 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 143 pounds. The unique mechanism design on the robot equips it with super-human range of motion to maneuver in ...