YA MAHDI!! Iran develops sea rescue drone Iranian engineers have tested a drone designed to rescue people at risk of drowning. The Pars robot has eight propellers and can carry up to three life rings which it can drop within arms-length of potential victims. The projects engineers said they were able to reach targets more quickly than a lifeguard in tests carried out near the shore of the Caspian Sea. But they said more time and funds would be needed to carry out real rescues. The early-stage experiments were carried out in August, but the details were only recently reported outside Iran by the Robots.net news site. In them the robot raced against a human lifeguard to reach a person pretending to struggle 75m (247ft) out to sea. At its fastest, the drone was able to release a life ring to the target within 22 seconds of launch, beating the lifeguard who took about 90 seconds to reach him. We carried out 13 tests over a four-day period - some were done at day and a few at night using LED lights, Amin Rigi, co-founder of Tehran-based RTS Lab told the BBC.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:03:17 +0000
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