Legislators say robots can save firefighters' lives
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/10/04
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
The factory fire in Taichung Thursday October 3 (photo courtesy of Taichung Fire Department). (By Central News Agency)
Two firefighters in their early thirties, one about to marry and the other leaving behind an infant and a wife pregnant with twins, died inside a burning factory in Taichung which allegedly turned out to be illegal. They shouldn’t have been sent inside the sheet metal structure in the first place because there were no people inside who needed saving, reports said.
Responding to questioning and suggestions from lawmakers, Su said that robots should be used as much as possible where they were practical.
Legislators suggested that as Taiwan had an advanced electronics industry, it could profit from the development of artificial intelligence and robotics to design suitable robots which could save firefighters’ lives, the Central News Agency reported. [FULL STORY]