Posted by ketyung
on Apr/14/2009
at 7:24 am
Puff is a little robot that is made like a mini dragon which its role is to fight fire. It seems like it’s just got a head of dragon which is made of paper craft, and mounted on a circuit board with a tank-like base that drives it to move around.
Whether you like it or not, Puff is claimed to be able to sense where the fire is, and move toward the fire, blow at it to put it off. It’s obvious that this Puff dragon is capable of putting off small fire like a candle only. It shouldn’t be usable for putting off fire that can burn down a house.
Actually, Puff is formed based on the Arduino-based tracked autonomous Robotic Vehicle. It’s smart enough to locate and ward off cliff and obstacles by using its two light sensitive probes. The Puff is still under the development stage, but if its role is meant to put off fire, the designers shall think of how they could make Puff to be capable of putting off big fire.
via gizmowatch
April 15th, 2009 at 10:11 am
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