MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611088540 A) filed by K. R. Mangalam University on July 20, 2026, for Autonomous Firefighting And Rescue Robot With Suppression-Agent Selection.

Inventors include Manas Aggarwal; and Dr. Rakhi Dua.

The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.

Abstract: Disclosed is an autonomous firefighting robot, and a method and medium for controlling it. A tracked chassis carries a rotating laser range sensor by which a mission processor maps an environment and navigates by simultaneous localisation and mapping, switching to inertial dead-reckoning when ranging degrades in smoke. A real- time processor confirms...