After more than 40 years of development, the robot has made great progress since it came out in the early 1960s, and it can be seen in all walks of life. Since 1986 first adopted "Rainbow 5" robot in Tokyo, Japan, fire fighting robots have been widely used in the field of fire fighting and disaster relief, and the technology of fire fighting robots has also developed rapidly. So far, fire fighting robots have steadily developed to the third generation of high-end intelligent robots.

Facing the ruthless fire, Shanghai Fire Research Institute of the Ministry of Public Security, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Shanghai Fire Bureau have made plans to develop fire-fighting robots. After three years of research, the first fire-fighting robot in China was born. Fire fighting robots can walk, climb mountains, cross obstacles, breathe fire and conduct fire detection.

In 20 12, Virginia Tech designed a CHARLI-2 fire fighting robot for the US Navy. This robot can work with human soldiers to put out fires on warships at sea. This fire-fighting robot has the ability to use fire hoses, throw fire extinguishers and grenades, climb ladders and keep balance when walking on the decks and corridors of naval vessels. The navy plans to use the Richard -2 robot as an autonomous fire fighting robot on board. According to the design, this robot can dance the popular "Jiangnan Style" dance at that time and become popular on YouTube.