Fire-fighting 'dragon' robot with the body of a hose can wiggle into windows to put out a blaze

Japanese researchers have developed an astonishing robot with a snake-like body that is capable of fighting fires. The'dragon robot' is capable of wriggling into hard-to-reach gaps between structures and windows several floors up. It therefore can extinguish blazes traditional firefighters might not be able to reach. Researchers from Tohoku University and National Institute of Technology, Hachinohe College presented the robot at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation last month in Brisbane, Australia. The machine, called the DragonFireFighter, has the ability to lift itself off the ground and fly using high pressure jets of water.