This is obviously in the prototype phase and improvements will be made in the future. It's a great concept. The snake design will allow it to move though burning building debris without disturbing it too much, keeping the building stable while it sprays down hard to reach areas that normally would be bypassed or need to be chopped by axe to get to. It'll make the fireman's job a lot safer...
I am impressed by the multi-section articulation of this robot. Maybe tentaclesl rather than legs arms and hands could be a spin off. Thanks for showing us Nathan
To improve the movement of Anna Konda might I suggest you study the trail of a sidewinder as it moves across sand. The trail it leaves, horizontal lines, is no indication of the motion a sidewinder makes to move itself forward. Anna Konda needs to increase if articulation in order to improve its forward motion. Also, a skin that increases traction when energized might improve performance. Things you might have already considered. Note to Commenters, try to add value to the design.
this would actually be used to navigate in fallen buildings rubble to find survivors. the water could be used to put out small fires inside the rubble, or even to feed the survivors while they wait for rescue.
The title is a bit misleading. It's not supposed to be useful for fighting fires, but rather for snaking through rubble in a disaster zone to find survivors. It can squeeze through cracks and into spaces it would be hard for a human to get through.
Lots of people seem to expect it to be a fire fighting transformer. Seriously, I doubt it's meant to be close to anything that's practically used to extinguish fires. It's more of an exercise and it makes just as much sense as robots playing football, climbing stairs, following lines, wrestling, etc. It's important to research different means of locomotion that we observe in animals. Rome was not built in a day so hush... And yes, make it spit fire instead, please :)
Firefighting, ha, right. The team just wanted to make a giant robot snake, but had to throw in a gimmick to get funding for it. I fully support this endeavor, however useless a giant firefighting snake may be, because it is AWESOME.
well let me just say that is a good creation. aside from all the negative feedback from ignorant asses with nothing better to say or do. Keep up the good work.
nice. it does sidewinding better than moving forward. But that hose thing is pretty weak as of now. plus can it really scale obstacles, climb stairs, negotiate tricky and unstable ground in a timely manner? Its pretty scary anyway. naming it anna konda only exacerbates its image
@Milia723 Too much thought? lol It's those with an imagination and determination who advance the fields of science and technology - the fundamentals of society. Please, don't try to dull the ingenuity of the human intellect, support and encourage such qualities in people.
It's supposed to thrash the fire out? Doesn't move much except in sidewinder mode. Great for desert brush fires, but with all that sand... And fat tires work much better and fast in sand. Grade: F (sorry)
@jasper2252 If you learn something nothing can be a waste of money. For example here were learned that firefighting robosnakes are impractical. Very very impractical.
@legomanxd449 It goes into the burning building and people look at it and say "Wow! How cool is that?! :D" And that distracts them from their agonising, firey death.
or they could water the bonzai on the way to the victims. yes, many uses, remember the title is "firefighting robot" and not "spot fire and rehydration unit" this idea has a long way to go, and lets just imagine how bad, if at all, the robot will move with a high pressure line fully charged, he wouldn't even bend. as for navigating to find victims, they already have sar units, this would be rubbish.
Our robots right now are primitive, just like the first computers built by charles babbage took up several rooms and didn't work properly. Look at how fast technology is moving. We have a new generation of phone come out every 6 months, TV's have dramatically improved since they were invented and one day in the near future we may be able to watch 3d tv without glasses. Robots will be able to do everything you see in sci fi movies (except maybe T2 and T3)
@Requiemofmischief because remember bad ideas also help by giving us a frame of reference on what to not do in the future and reduce the ideas which we have to test in the future. look at the big picture not if it looks cool or if its not commercially available but for its worth towards the community. any invention that in someway contributes to save a life have some, even if minimal, value.
Greater advancements sure to follow in robotics (see Moore's law) a similar device could slip over the end of a 1 3/4" or 2 1/2" hose line...add thermal imagining and infra red guidance with GPS and link up to cities zonning outlays this bot could slide up stairs and around corners and even pierce wall with additional tips...and ancor points alone hose jacket. bot could then wirelessly signal pumper to increase pressure and fight fire replacing pipe man in danger zone and report...this sucks!
A writhing metallic mess isn't stopping any fires. They need less mechanical gears and more heat/fire detection and water propelling at high velocity. The machine needs to be able to not be knocked over by the force of the water. The pathetic directionless squirting this little mess sprays would evaporate to steam right away against a massive fire.
sooner or later humans will begin to gain some appreciation for the amazing complexity of living organisms but only after many years of hopeless failure at replicating them.
Buena idea!! Entiendo que todavía está en fase experimental y que seguramente le harán mas mejoras. Felicitaciones y sigan adelante.No hagan caso a las criticas negativas.
Every success, no matter how small are absolutely vital to creating or discovering anything. Considering the amount of work thats gone into it to this point this is no small feat and a more viable prototype cannot be created without first reaching this step. Save the negitive comments, this is just one of many steps forward.
@thechosen2nd lol... this isn't the finished product. Most robotics research is the building the foundation of a building. No one would say a cement foundation is a food home, however you need to start with that before you can build a good, and long lasting home. Basically, if you didn't understand the dumbshit simple metaphor, you need to start somewhere.
Calling it prototype doesn't mean that it's OK to be shit. Prototypes are supposed to work as intended except that it's not production ready or working through bugs. This is not a prototype. It's just a bunch of connected links with servos moving back and forth with no real intelligence.
@WolfAttackFromSpace ye but the guys really need to have deep study in snake moving techniques ... i believe there was a documentary about it even on national geographic =) otherwise it's a great invention =)
You serious? This thing couldn't water the backyard. Where's the video of it climbing the stairs? Or can it only fight parking lot fires? Back to the drawing board.
I can whiz out a fire myself with stronger water pressure using my God given firehouse with enough in the reserve tank to electrocute that thing with it too.. lol
Well there appears to be directional control but you still need forward thrust. Adding motorized tank like treads to each section would work great for thrust and give it controllable grip. Trust me and try it out. Keep up the good work guys. The 180 people who disliked this video probably never got past "lefty loosy righty tighty." in workshop and even if they are mechanical savvy they are probably just blinded by the amount of bugs left to work out.
