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An expert team of European researchers has created a robot that can enter burning buildings to assess the potential risk of explosions<\/h2>\n

Coined, the ‘SmokeBot’, the fireproof robot uses gas sensors, laser scanners and a thermal camera to relay information of hazardous scenes \u2014 that are too unsafe for humans \u2014 back to an operative.<\/p>\n

In addition, the bot can create maps of places it has already been by using the data it collects along its travels.<\/p>\n

Leader of the project, Achim Lilienthal a computer science professor at Sweden’s Orebro University<\/a>, has said that there is no other robot with this combination of features in the current market space.<\/p>\n

Intelligent sensors allow the fireproof robot to distinguish the different gases in the air while providing a percentage breakdown for analysts to assess any potential risks of explosions.<\/p>\n

Using a high speed internet connection, the bot can transmit a plethora of real-time data back to an operator. However, if the connection is lost, the bot will automatically go back to the last place it could access the internet.<\/p>\n

Leading fire<\/a> and rescue researcher, Sylvia Pratzler-Wanczura of the Dortmund fire department described the technology as a “considerable advantage” in hazardous situations where it is too dangerous to send a human to investigate.<\/p>\n

She added that the fireproof robot was most useful in circumstances that involve large areas such as forest fires.<\/p>\n

However, the fireproof robot currently takes around 15-30 minutes to accurately transmit data from an accident location and can not be used in the most urgent of cases at the moment.<\/p>\n

Now in its fourth consecutive year which is due to conclude this month, the project has received a whopping \u20ac3.5 million in EU funding to develop the technology.<\/p>\n

Further partners involved in the developments are the Leibniz University of Hannover<\/a>, the University of Warwick<\/a>, the Fraunhofer Institute for High Frequency Physics and the Radar Techniques in Wachtberg<\/a>, the Vienaa based Taurob manufacturing company<\/a> and the Fire Department of Dortmund<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Image: Professor Achim Lilienthal and “SmokeBot”, \u00d6rebro University\u00a9<\/p>\n

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