Design Summary Draft #2

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Little’s (2021) article “Firefighting Robot Go Autonomous” informs the public about the research on using autonomous firefighting robots in the future. Little (2021) claimed that these firefighting robots help to reduce the risk to firefighters as they can perform higher-risk tasks for humans. Little (2021) stated that these robots are often, more robust and agile than firefighters. According to the research, Little reported these robots can help firefighters as there are 10,000  daily active wildfires worldwide due to climate change. Little added the researchers are “developing “intelligent” firefighting robots that can make decisions autonomously”. Little (2021) reported a firefighting robot named Robotics Systems 3 (SR3) has shown its capabilities and is now being used by the Los Angeles City Fire Department (LAFD). LAFD Assistant Chief stated, "has met some of these real-world mobility challenges and proved useful by dragging hose lines up steep hills and even pulling horses out of mud quagmires."  This shows the capabilities of these firefighting robots able to reduce the fatality rate among firefighters and aid them with their work with various functions. 

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