The concept of a fire extinguishing dragon robot was first conjured up in 2016 under the guidance of Tohoku University professor, Satoshi Tadokoro, and his team of 11 researchers. During the robot ...

The Dragon Firefighter received its baptism of fire at the opening ceremony of the World Robot Summit 2020 (WRS2020), held in September 2021 in Fukushima. There, it successfully extinguished (49 ...