Abstract:
A method and system for gathering information from and setting up a surveillance network within an earth-surface environment that includes inserting one or more mobile robotic devices having a sensing subsystem, a communications subsystem, and a navigation subsystem into an earth-surface environment. The mobile robotic device may be configured into a traveling pose selected from a plurality of available traveling poses, and directed using the navigation subsystem to a sensing location within the earth-surface environment. The environment may be monitored and sensed information collected may be stored or communicated to a remote location. The mobile robotic device may be configured to operate with a vehicle carrier to facilitate insertion and deployment of the robotic vehicle into the earth-surface environment.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a firefighting system. The firefighting system can include first and second fire-suppressing liquid charges. Each fire-suppressing liquid charge can be modified with a flight integrity component to inhibit substantial break-up of the fire-suppressing liquid charge during flight. The first and second fire-suppressing liquid charges can be comprised of contents that, when unmixed, are relatively inert, but that when mixed together possess a functional fire suppressant attribute.