New Directions In Fire Fighting Robotics

Abstract

The Trinity College Fire-Fighting Home Robot Contest (TCFFHRC) encourages inventors of all ages and levels of skill to develop autonomous fire-fighting home robots that can find, and extinguish as quickly as possible, a randomly placed fire in a model house. Open to persons of all ages and levels of skill, the contest engages a wide community of roboticists, whether school children or professional engineers, in a challenging shared design task, promotes robotics as a learning medium, builds international connections, strengthens cooperation, teamwork, and learning outside the classroom, and promotes the development of robots that someday will fight fires in real homes.