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Drones Make Mountain Rescue Easier
A company called DroneSAR is developing an application for drone search and rescue. The software is being developed as part of a joint venture involving Donegal Mountain Rescue and DJI. The app is used in places where people have gone missing and uses sophisticated mapping and detection algorithms to help locate the people faster than traditional search and rescue. To learn more about this softwar...
Autonomous Flight Through Small Spaces
While today’s drones have many different kinds of sensors that allow them to detect and avoid obstacles, they are still not able to operate autonomously in tight spaces. Researchers at Robohub are working to change this by developing and testing hardware and software solutions that will allow small quadcopters to fly through very small and constrained spaces without any human intervention. I...
German Lifeguards Test Drones To Rescue Swimmers
The biggest challenge in rescuing someone who appears to be struggling in the water is the time that it takes to get to them. Swimmers in distress often panic and this makes the situation worse. The German lifeguard association is testing drones to see if they can be deployed quickly and efficiently to drop an inflatable flotation device to swimmers in trouble. This gives the rescuers more time to...