I often look at footage of the wildfires that sweep through the western states and think, "If only we had giant fire fighting robots."


I'm not alone, evidently, because designer Jordan Guelde has created plans for a monstrous bright orange arboreal automaton that fights wild fires. The robot is designed to eliminate the fuel that wild fires need to grow - in other words, it chops down trees.

Sure, you and I can chop down trees with a chainsaw or axe, but we require things like oxygen and lack of fire to do so. The Forest Fire Clear Cut Robot laughs at our human weakness. It can chop down trees faster and do it more safely than a human crew - theoretically at least. Right now it's just a bunch of pretty computer graphics.

But when they start building these things? I want one! Give to me.

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This entry was posted by David Campbell, on Friday, May 22, 2009. You can leave your response.