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Wildfires: in California, an autonomous launcher fires capsules of retardant
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Wildfires: autonomous launcher throws capsules of about 10 gallons of water or retardant

California start-up FireDome has installed its first demonstration system in Yuba County, California, The Robot Report reports.

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The robot does not fire rigid shells. It launches soft capsules. Each holds about 10 gallons of liquid: water or a retardant product.

The capsules do not burst on hitting the ground. A mechanism triggers them slightly above it, to soak a precise area such as a roof or a strip of land.

The system fires without waiting for a human order. The customer and firefighters can nonetheless stop it remotely, says Gadi Benjamini, co-founder and CEO of FireDome.

The test site in Yuba County is used to demonstrate the system to several fire services, the company says.

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  1. The Robot Report · therobotreport.com

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