KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department used its remote-controlled robot for the first time Saturday morning to fight an industrial fire. At 6:45 a.m., KCFD responded to a fire ...

It’s called the WasteShark, and its job is to get rid of floatable debris on the Hudson River. It’s a remote-controlled robot that is a new tool for fighting plastic pollution in Hudson River Park.

From apps to robots, technology is playing a key role in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. A computer simulation of a fire as it spreads, designed to give insight to crews on the scene, was ...

L3Harris Technologies is producing remote-controlled robots for the U.S. Air Force and allied militaries to neutralize explosive devices. The robots come in two sizes, the larger T7 and smaller T4, to ...

Municipal budgets and accountability requirements have slowed adoption, said Peter Stone, a computer science professor at the University of Texas at Austin. "Cities are on relatively ...