in the future, will flying robots replace firefighters in the riskiest fire fighting operations inside buildings

future flying robots replace firefighters riskiest firefighting operations inside buildings japanese study research heading direction exploring techniques enable robotic units aerial equipped onboard fire engines nozzles capable extinguishing flames increasingly rapid precise ways detecting fires sizing hazards structure locating suppressing emergency operating valves opening doors stairs hoses harsh environments sensors multiple modalities including stereoscopic thermal imagers rangefinding smoke environment classification rotating laser rangefinder lidar create point cloud obstacle locations unobscured rgb cameras color obstacles