engadget.com — Lovingly nicknamed Anna Konda, the Norwegian robot was assembled using 20 hydraulic motors powered by a regular fire hose, whose 100 bars of pressure give it enough strength to break through walls and even lift a car right up off the ground.
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kwazyjasJul 24, 2006
It is a shame people can lose their jobs just because new technology. I would really hate to see firefighters be replaced by robots one day. I would rather see tools like the Anna Konda aid them in saving people and putting out fires.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2006
The title is so lame I had to bury it.
timmygunzJul 24, 2006
I'm with you. I'll let someone dupe it without a lame-ass title and digg it! :)
bedlam17Jul 24, 2006
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sofa0neJul 24, 2006
I have to agree with lethalpotato on this one. Firefighters may have a safer job in the future because they will be able to use a robotic device like "Anna" but not replaced. There are many more skills that this robot would require in order to replace a firefighter. A firefighter simply does more than fight fires. I don't understand why someone would promote technology as something that will take a firefighters job. So now firefighters should fear loosing there job because a piece of technology just made their life a little safer?
technofiendJul 24, 2006
Sorry, but this sort of breathless hype over a prototype is exactly what wired, slashdot and Roland Piqawhatever's site is for. Keep this garbage off of digg.
v_specJul 25, 2006
dugg for the snakes on a flam remark!