Figure 1: Bosco Lai (CEO of Little Place Labs) shared the Fie Foresight's XPRIZE Wildfire journey at the Explorers Club “Guys, if you pick the right year, there are three stones in New York.”That famous line from Avengers: Endgame isn’t just movie magic. In 2025, New York City really did…

"It's a bird! It's a plane! It's BYD (Big Friendly Drone)! Figure 1: Fire Foresight Autonomous Wildfire Response System XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year, $11 million global competition launched by XPRIZE to address the growing threat of destructive wildfires. It aims to incentivize the development of innovative, autonomous technologies to…

This summer, RoboticsCats was honored to collaborate with four University of California students through the CITRIS Workforce Innovation Program. Together, we prototyped new solutions at the intersection of wildfire detection, AI, and large language models (LLMs) — all to build smarter, more resilient tools for the future.Our journey was one…

Figure 1: Tech to Tame Wildfires panel discussion at AMNC25 The 16th Annual Meeting of New Champions 2025UpLink, the World Economic Forum’s open innovation platform, brings together entrepreneurs and changemakers to address the world’s most pressing challenges and foster climate solutions.At the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New…

The D-Tech Awards Finals on June 11 at Echelon Singapore 2025 was full of applause, insights, and smiles. Figure 1: SAFE STEPS D-Tech Awards 2025 Finalists What is the D-Tech Awards?The SAFE STEPS D-Tech Awards is a global competition created by the Prudence Foundation, the community investment arm of Prudential…

Fire Foresight at AXIS Partner Summit Kuala Lumpur: Advancing Wildfire Management Through Global Collaboration Figure 1: Mike Ross and Andre Cheung took part in the Axis Partner Summit. The Fire Foresight team had the privilege of taking part in the AXIS Partner Summit in Kuala Lumpur between 6th and 9th…

The Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) is the area where human development meets or intermingles with undeveloped wildland vegetation. It's a transition zone between unoccupied land and human development, typically found at the edges of cities and towns adjacent to forests, grasslands, or other natural areas. The WUI is particularly vulnerable to…

Visual 1: ACS Pro – LookOut Wildfire Detection integration What is ACS Pro?Axis Camera Station Pro (ACS Pro) is an intuitive video management system (VMS) designed for small to medium-sized surveillance setups. It delivers a seamless user experience for monitoring, managing, and recording video streams from Axis Communications surveillance cameras.…

AEON Security and RoboticsCats team up to help solar power plants combat wildfires in Brazil. Figure 1: An AXIS Q6225-LE at a solar power plant in Brazil (source: aeon.com.br) Solar Power Plants in Brazil: A Growing ForceBrazil's solar power capacity has reached an impressive 52 GW as of early 2025,…

Image 1: WEF Japan 2025 - breakfast meeting about the startup ecosystem in Japan (source: WEF) Looking at the number of international travelers to Japan by country/region in December 2024, South Korea had the highest number of foreign visitors, followed by China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Many Hongkongers enjoy visiting…