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This metal dog is sure to fetch some attention.
A robotic fire dog developed on Long Island will be able to terminate flames with a water cannon and withstand temperatures reaching 572 degrees – but it’ll cost about $150,000.
The three-feet-tall, 150-pound “B2” dog trots at 12 mph on all types of terrain and is designed to use an attachment to blast pressurized water at flames from 100 feet away, its Long Island-based developer told The Post.
“This thing’s really resilient…going into a burning building is cake for this,” Plainview’s Teddy Haggerty, founder of tech hardware company Robostore, said.
“Right now, we have prototyped a water cannon that goes on top of the robot that hooks up to a fire truck… and we can move into high-risk environments,” he went on.
“The whole point is to put it somewhere you don’t want a body to be — and now you have a cannon on the go,” added the 30-year-old who has firefighting cousins.
The B2, built by the company Unitree and exclusively developed by Haggerty in the US, is expected to hit the open market in America by April 2026 after an earlier version launched in Asia.
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Kinks still need to be worked out of the B2, as bursts of high water pressure can cause the dog to roll over while shooting.
It is, however, designed to correct its mistakes through machine learning and artificial intelligence, as demonstrated on Tuesday when the B2 fell while spraying a target during a demo.
“The second time, it actually righted itself,” explained Haggerty. “It sat there and squatted like a real dog, and said, ‘Hey, this is how I’ve got to be.”
Haggerty’s machine is also equipped with thermal imaging sensors and other critical mapping that can detect where people are trapped inside a densely burning building.
“You go into a dark room, you’re able to see heat, you’re able to see bodies,” he said, adding that the B2, which can withstand 200 pounds, can also be equipped with a robotic arm and acoustic sensors to detect gas leaks.
Manorville fire Chief Chris Steel is eager to get his hands on the robodog to make life easier for his volunteer department.
“These days, house fires are hotter and faster, especially with people charging lithium-ion batteries in the house,” Steel said.
“So, having something like this, where I don’t have to send somebody in to look for somebody, that would be awesome,” added the chief, who said the B2 could prospectively pay for itself.
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Steel also said that it could provide quick relief for several other volunteer departments on LI that “are hurting for members.”
Riverhead town Councilman Ken Rothwell, a firefighter of over 20 years in Suffolk County who saw the B2 in action, also wants to see the good bot-boy utilized in his neck of the woods, along with his government colleague, Councilman Robert Kern.
“This device has the ability to protect all of our firefighters on the front line,” Rothwell said, adding that he hopes to see the B2 manufactured locally at an industrial park in nearby Calverton to boost the local economy as well.
The B2 won’t take professional firefighting jobs away either, according to Haggerty, who, more than anything, is tuning its range of motion ahead of the Spring debut.
“The truth is, it’s just going to make people supercharged,” he said.