How robots helped the French save Notre Dame Cathedral

Paris firefighters used drones and a water-spitting robot to help tame the Notre Dame Cathedral fire. Putting out Monday's fire at the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris was a joint effort between hundreds of firefighters, emergency personnel and modern technology. Parisian firefighters used a combination of robots and drones to see, track and contain the blaze that ravaged the 800-year-old cathedral's roof, spire and stained glass windows. One instrumental player was Colossus, a water-firing robot that was deployed to quell the flames from inside the smoldering Gothic cathedral after firefighters were forced to evacuate certain areas. The tank-like robot, which was designed to transport equipment and wounded people, is equipped with cameras that allow the person who's operating it to see what's happening within danger zones.