Intelligent fire-fighting robot and method thereof

Technology: Fire fighter robot;

Industry: Industry; Applications: Industrial Application, Fire fighter robot;

Market: The global Fire fighter robot market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9.7% during 2023 to 2031;

Generally, it is noted that existing fire-fighting systems that replace humans include mobile self-contained & remote-controlled robots which are capable of safely operating in a combustible atmosphere.
Such robots in general include non-sparking & non-arcing electro-mechanical & electronic components including a positively pressurized enclosure that houses the electro-mechanical & electronic components to prevent intrusion of the combustible atmosphere into the enclosure.
However, these clamping mechanisms are not flexible enough to adapt to different object dimensions for providing a precise grip over the objects and existing robots do not provide accurate and better gripping of the objects on the robot’s path.
Hence, there is a need to mitigate above challenges & provide efficient solution.

The present invention describes an intelligent and autonomous fire-fighting robot and method for moving in a hazardous field, detecting fires, and thereby extinguishing the fires.
Said fire-fighting robot comprises a motion unit to move around in the hazardous field, a camera unit with multiple cameras to capture multiple frame images, and
a fire sensing unit to detect the presence & depth of fires, & a control unit with artificial intelligence that activates at least one robotic arm and fire extinguishing unit based on inputs received from the camera unit & the fire sensing unit. (Refer fig.1)
Said method is used for detecting and extinguishing fire & is capable of removing obstacles during the operation from the robot’s path without human intervention, shown in Fig.2. The intelligent & autonomous fire-fighting robot is shown hereinbelow:

Technical Perspective:

Provides an autonomous fire-fighting robot that is waterproof & temperature resistant & Said fire-fighting robot comprises oxygen mask.
Facilitates the autonomous fire-fighting robot that implements an inverse kinematics algorithm to determine joint angles and positions of gripper end effectors of a robotic arm comprised in the robot.

Industrial Perspective:

Provides said robot that moves in any kind of terrain & uneven surface for monitoring & locating fires in a site, & operates effectively, quickly & safely.
Designed robot can effectively aid firefighters & thereby mitigate the effects of an accident. Hence, a quick & efficient response can be achieved at the right time which could save multiple lives.
Easily deploying the designed fire-fighting robot at desired locations either in single or multiple based on the requirement, where the location site must be monitored for fire accidents.