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A South Korean consortium is planning to develop a four-legged robot that could help save people from fires and extinguish flames, Rainbow Robotics announced Monday.

With a budget of $13 million and a six-year timeline, the project will bring the country’s state-backed agencies and universities together with Rainbow Robotics and the German Aerospace Center.

They plan to develop two types of robot: One will help extinguish fires and the other will be designed to find people caught in a fire.

“The first type of robot will specialize in pinpointing the origin, or the place where the fire started, on its own and try to put it out in the early stages,” a Rainbow Robotics representative told UPI News Korea.

“The main task for the second type of robot, to be equipped with cameras and remote-controlled, will be to search for people in danger. Once the person or persons are located, the flesh-and-blood firefighters will take over,” he said.

Rainbow Robotics representative surmised that the people-seeking type of robot could eventually become autonomous, as well.

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