This metal dog is bound to fetch some attention.
A robotic fire dog developed on Long Island will have the opportunity to terminate flames with a water cannon and withstand temperatures reaching 572 degrees – but it surely’ll cost about $150,000.
The three-feet-tall, 150-pound “B2” dog trots at 12 mph on all sorts of terrain and is designed to make use of an attachment to blast pressurized water at flames from 100 feet away, its Long Island-based developer told The Post.
“This thing’s really resilient…going right into a burning constructing is cake for this,” Plainview’s Teddy Haggerty, founding father of tech hardware company Robostore, said.
“Straight away, we have now prototyped a water cannon that goes on top of the robot that hooks as much as a hearth truck… and we are able to move into high-risk environments,” he went on.
“The entire point is to place it somewhere you don’t need a body to be — and now you may have a cannon on the go,” added the 30-year-old who has firefighting cousins.
The B2, built by the corporate Unitree and exclusively developed by Haggerty within the US, is predicted to hit the open market in America by April 2026 after an earlier version launched in Asia.
Throw it a bone
Kinks still must be worked out of the B2, as bursts of high water pressure may cause the dog to roll over while shooting.
It’s, nevertheless, designed to correct its mistakes through machine learning and artificial intelligence, as demonstrated on Tuesday when the B2 fell while spraying a goal during a demo.
“The second time, it actually righted itself,” explained Haggerty. “It sat there and squatted like an actual dog, and said, ‘Hey, that is how I’ve got to be.”
Haggerty’s machine can be equipped with thermal imaging sensors and other critical mapping that may detect where persons are trapped inside a densely burning constructing.
“You go right into a dark room, you’re in a position to see heat, you’re in a position to see bodies,” he said, adding that the B2, which may withstand 200 kilos, will also be equipped with a robotic arm and acoustic sensors to detect gas leaks.
Manorville fire Chief Chris Steel is desirous to get his hands on the robodog to make life easier for his volunteer department.
“Lately, house fires are hotter and faster, especially with people charging lithium-ion batteries in the home,” Steel said.
“So, having something like this, where I don’t must send someone in to search for someone, that may be awesome,” added the chief, who said the B2 could prospectively pay for itself.
Steel also said that it could provide quick relief for several other volunteer departments on LI that “are hurting for members.”
Riverhead town Councilman Ken Rothwell, a firefighter of over 20 years in Suffolk County who saw the B2 in motion, also desires to see the nice bot-boy utilized in his neck of the woods, along together with his government colleague, Councilman Robert Kern.
“This device has the flexibility to guard all of our firefighters on the front line,” Rothwell said, adding that he hopes to see the B2 manufactured locally at an industrial park in nearby Calverton to spice up the local economy as well.
The B2 won’t take skilled firefighting jobs away either, based on Haggerty, who, greater than anything, is tuning its range of motion ahead of the Spring debut.
“The reality is, it’s just going to make people supercharged,” he said.
This metal dog is bound to fetch some attention.
A robotic fire dog developed on Long Island will have the opportunity to terminate flames with a water cannon and withstand temperatures reaching 572 degrees – but it surely’ll cost about $150,000.
The three-feet-tall, 150-pound “B2” dog trots at 12 mph on all sorts of terrain and is designed to make use of an attachment to blast pressurized water at flames from 100 feet away, its Long Island-based developer told The Post.
“This thing’s really resilient…going right into a burning constructing is cake for this,” Plainview’s Teddy Haggerty, founding father of tech hardware company Robostore, said.
“Straight away, we have now prototyped a water cannon that goes on top of the robot that hooks as much as a hearth truck… and we are able to move into high-risk environments,” he went on.
“The entire point is to place it somewhere you don’t need a body to be — and now you may have a cannon on the go,” added the 30-year-old who has firefighting cousins.
The B2, built by the corporate Unitree and exclusively developed by Haggerty within the US, is predicted to hit the open market in America by April 2026 after an earlier version launched in Asia.
Throw it a bone
Kinks still must be worked out of the B2, as bursts of high water pressure may cause the dog to roll over while shooting.
It’s, nevertheless, designed to correct its mistakes through machine learning and artificial intelligence, as demonstrated on Tuesday when the B2 fell while spraying a goal during a demo.
“The second time, it actually righted itself,” explained Haggerty. “It sat there and squatted like an actual dog, and said, ‘Hey, that is how I’ve got to be.”
Haggerty’s machine can be equipped with thermal imaging sensors and other critical mapping that may detect where persons are trapped inside a densely burning constructing.
“You go right into a dark room, you’re in a position to see heat, you’re in a position to see bodies,” he said, adding that the B2, which may withstand 200 kilos, will also be equipped with a robotic arm and acoustic sensors to detect gas leaks.
Manorville fire Chief Chris Steel is desirous to get his hands on the robodog to make life easier for his volunteer department.
“Lately, house fires are hotter and faster, especially with people charging lithium-ion batteries in the home,” Steel said.
“So, having something like this, where I don’t must send someone in to search for someone, that may be awesome,” added the chief, who said the B2 could prospectively pay for itself.
Steel also said that it could provide quick relief for several other volunteer departments on LI that “are hurting for members.”
Riverhead town Councilman Ken Rothwell, a firefighter of over 20 years in Suffolk County who saw the B2 in motion, also desires to see the nice bot-boy utilized in his neck of the woods, along together with his government colleague, Councilman Robert Kern.
“This device has the flexibility to guard all of our firefighters on the front line,” Rothwell said, adding that he hopes to see the B2 manufactured locally at an industrial park in nearby Calverton to spice up the local economy as well.
The B2 won’t take skilled firefighting jobs away either, based on Haggerty, who, greater than anything, is tuning its range of motion ahead of the Spring debut.
“The reality is, it’s just going to make people supercharged,” he said.
