The Trinity College Fire-Fighting Robot Contest is the largest public robot competition in the world. The goal of the contest is for the robots to move through a model floor plan of a house, find a ...

Humanity has come a long way over the last few hundred years, but we are still terrifyingly vulnerable and susceptible to fires. Firefighters have employed tank-like robots that carry hoses into ...

On April 7 and 8, the Tufts Robotics Club attended the Trinity College Fire Fighting Robot Contest, hosted by Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., where they won the Olympiad tournament in both the ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel observe a demonstration model of Howe and Howe Technologies' Thermite robotic firefighter. The unit Dallas is purchasing will look slightly different. This new piece of ...

This summer we’ve seen large, long-lasting fires at landfills, propane storage facilities and even electric vehicle battery facilities. These long, extended firefights can take their toll on fire ...

The Collins Fire Department is using nearly $420,000 in federal and state grants to purchase new firefighting gear and buy a ...