This autonomous firefighting vehicle concept is an emergency robotic unit to help fight fires.
A service vehicle always ready to be the first on the scene of the accident, even before the firefighters arrive. It is a significant advantage to have among future vehicles an autonomous fire engine that moves on its own in the event of a fire. The sooner this robotic vehicle can arrive, the faster it can scan the building to locate and suppress the fire while waiting for firefighters to arrive and “do the dirty work.” That, sorry if it is little, of saving lives and evacuating the occupants.
The autonomous fire engine begins to contain the fire with an automatic robotic arm equipped with an AI-controlled water cannon. Get data from a 360° thermal camera. With its intelligent activity, the vehicle stabilizes the fire and prevents it from spreading further.
This concept autonomous fire prevention is the vision of future vehicles developed by Daniel Pokorny. It features a drone that flies around the building to scan the area inside for particles and especially people. Alive or dead, even noting their specific locations. From the data we then obtain an augmented reality scenario, a sort of 3D map superimposed on the real images. With this, firefighters are able to rescue more quickly.
Each such vehicle is equipped with a large water tank, a fire-retardant coating and indestructible military-grade tires. The autonomous fire engine is not intended to extinguish a fire on its own, but to be the first to arrive on site and control the fire until the firefighters arrive.
For me, we are at least 20 years behind a similar solution, but someone has to imagine things first, then make them happen. What do you think about it?
