Robotic dogs, drones and microsatellites could be the future of fighting wildfires

Rather than manned fire towers, strings of low-orbit microsatellites will scour every inch of the Earth’s surface for signs of fire.Instead of aerial water bombers, swarms of heavy-lift drones will douse flames with chemical retardants.And in place of human smokejumpers carrying pickaxes, robotic dogs will pack cannons capable of snuffing infernos with high-intensity infrasound waves.