CTV Morning Live spotlights RE/ACTION project: Firefighting Robot
Posted on Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
An Algonquin College applied research team is busy putting out fires. Their firefighting robot was spotlighted on CTV Morning Live last week and was a hit project at RE/ACTION Showcase last Friday.
Watch the interview – https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1656789 – with Electro-Mechanical Engineering professor Wael Ismaeil, and students, Jamal Virani and Caelan Nicola.
The robot uses infrared flame sensors in order to detect fire in its surroundings. When a fire is detected, the robot fires a water cannon in an attempt to extinguish the flames.