Fire Extinguishing Robot

In the spring of 2013, myself and two teammates designed and built three iterations of a small remote-controlled fire-fighting robot.  The goal of the robot was to actuate a valve to relieve water at high pressure from a hose to put out a camp-fire sized flame.  Throughout this semester-long project, we utilized three prototyping techniques: extractive milling, sheet metal fabrication and 3-D printing.  Our final robot was able to extinguish a fire in under 10 seconds.