Drowning Rescue System with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Abstract:
The purpose of this report is to describe a drowning rescue system by means of a rescue UAV and monitoring system. Comprises: camera kit, PC, rescue UAV, operator. The report provides a description of the problem, the parameters of the camera and the rescue UAV. With the help of AI (Artificial Intelligence) elements and/or the operator the following is determined: the problem case, the position of the searched object is automatically calculated (by highlighting the searched object in the video stream from the camera; calibration tests have been developed to determine the exact position of the camera). Two types of calibration tests were developed to determine the exact position of the camera: primary and periodic calibration. Rescue UAV with the watercraft attached flies to the target location, delivering the rescue equipment. The rescue system has been successfully tested and has been actively exploited. After calculating the position of the desired object relative to the camera, the local coordinates are translated into the absolute coordinates of the WGS-84. Based on the obtained coordinates, a flight task for a rescue UAV is formed. A rescue UAV with an attached watercraft flies to the target point, delivering a rescue vehicle and hovers over the desired object to indicate the scene of the accident to the rescue team. The rescue system has successfully passed the test tests in the coastal city of Anapa and is actively used at the moment. The report provides further plans for the development of the rescue system.