John Farley, director of the Naval Research Laboratory's

John Farley, director of the Naval Research Laboratory's ex-USS Shadwell, watches as the Office of Naval Research-sponsored Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR) maneuvers down a corridor aboard the ship. The bipedal humanoid robot underwent testing and demonstrations aboard the Navy's fire test platform ship last year. (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released)