Firefighting
Robotic System
Reggie Grant
Director, Advanced Programs
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Dallas
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Mission Statement
The Fire Fighting Robotic System’s Program mission is to:
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Provide the wild
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land Firefighters with an autonomous vehicle system
that can aid them in efficiently and safely fighting fires from hauling
their gear to helping them fight fires at night and utilizing the system in
places that humans currently do not go.
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Support first responder/all risk situations:
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Natural Disasters
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Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT)
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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
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Bomb threats
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Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) Threats, etc.
VISION
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Develop and Provide A Civil Fire Fighting System with
Near
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Term Solution and Multiple Mission Equipment Packages to
Meet Extensive Fire Fighter Needs
FFR
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1 Fire Fighting and Rescue Robot (Israeli)
ARMTEC SACI Firefighting Robot (German)
Other Systems
U.S. Air Force Unmanned Fire Tractor
Robots Have Been Developed for Fire Fighting
SME Firefighting Panel
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Firefighting panel of Subject Matter Experts (SME) conducted at
Disaster City (DC) through Texas A&M University (TAMU), and
Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)
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SMEs identified the complete life cycle of fighting a fire, from first call
to clean
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up.
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Functions and capabilities were identified for unmanned vehicle
firefighting operations.
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Capabilities prioritized by potential mission equipment packages.
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The group provided valuable fire fighting resources: financial,
organizational, and standards.
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SMEs offered to provide further support to the FFRS program.
SME Firefighting Panel Findings
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SMEs identified the complete life cycle of fighting a fire, from first
call to clean
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up
911 Call
Call
Processing
Dispatch
Resources
Units
En
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Route
Units
On
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Scene
Initial
Attack
Extended
Attack
Recovery
Fire
Controlled?
Yes
No
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‘Attacking the Fire’ Overview
A
Z
Y
X
W
D
C
B
“Encircle the Fire”
Containment by Division
Division “
A
”
Left Flank
Division “
Z
”
Right Flank
Point
Of
Origin
“Initial Attack”
Control Line
Wind
Frontal
Attack
This is a current capability gap revolutionizing wild
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land firefighting
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Firefighting Robot
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What is it
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A variant of the Squad Mission Support System (SMSS)
designed to support the firefighter
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Capabilities:
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Transport Gear (i.e. large emergency
shelter, oxygen, tools)
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Casualty Evacuation / Rapid Egress
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Communications Relay
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Forward Observer (FOB)
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Fire Suppression
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HAZMAT
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Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC)
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Benefits: Save lives, reduce time, and increase effectiveness
Notional Firefighter’s Mission Support System
(Variant of SMSS)
Opportunity to
enhance firefighter capability
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MFC has current expertise in technology areas
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Mobility
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Low center of gravity
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Handle diverse terrain types and densities
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Move rapidly
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Navigability
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Route planning & execution, Go to a point, Follow me, Return home, Human/Obstacle
detection
and
avoid
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Sensibility
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Sensors for night operations, thermal imaging, sampling probes, weather/environmental
sensing
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Communication
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Control and data acquisition of the
vehicle; communication relay
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Dexterity
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Perceptual packages allowing robot to manipulate or probe the environment
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Reusability
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Add and create different payloads for the vehicle
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Transportability
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Capability to transport important payloads and unspecified items
Firefighting Robotic Capabilities
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MFC has current expertise in technology areas
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Hauling supplies
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Hoses, trunklines
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People
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Energy storage needs to be compact
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Reconnoiter in front of fire
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Perform night recon operations
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Provide guaranteed area coverage
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Direct Fire Suppression
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Flank fire and perform suppression operations where firefighter cannot
access
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Identify Hot Spots
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Under canopies w/thermal imaging
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Investigate Hazardous Areas
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Mobile Weather Station
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Determine wind speed and direction
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Humidity, fuel moisture and temperature
Firefighting Robotic Functions
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PUMP & HOSE SUPPORT
HAND CREW SUPPORT
DIRECT ATTACK
NIGHT OPS SUPPORT
RECON
RESCUE/MOP
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UP
MEDEVAC
REMOTE NOZZLE
Prioritized
Mission Equipment Packages
1
2
3
Semi
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Autonomous Capabilities
Follow Trail
Go There
Follow Vehicle *
Follow Person
* Additional Capability that needs to be developed
Summary
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Robotic Systems Are Seeing Growing Use in the U.S.
Military
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There is Potential for Robotic Vehicles to Assist in Wild
Land Fire Fighting
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We’ve Had Great Support From Texas A&M and Texas
Engineering Extension (TEEX)
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SMSS is Progressing; Provides the Platform for a
Robotic Firefighting Vehicle
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