An unmanned device designed for drowning rescue

Hoang Mai Tran *, Cuong Huy Lam, Duy Thanh Cao and Bao Hoai Nguyen

School of Engineering & Technology, Tra Vinh university, 87000 Tra Vinh, Viet Nam.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Engineering Technology and Sciences, 2023, 09(02), 135–141.
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjaets.2023.9.2.0205
Publication history: 
Received on 02 June 2023; revised on 17 July 2023; accepted on 19 July 2023
 
Abstract: 
Prevention and rescue work is considered an urgent and crucial job to ensure the safety and life of people. However, this job contains many unpredictable dangers and difficulties that rescuers encounter during the rescue process due to the lack of timely support equipment. Causing a threat to the safety and life of the victim as well as the rescue force. In this paper, we propose to design a drone to assist in rescue and help people in distress get out of drowning more quickly to increase the chance of survival for people in distress by using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) to carry a self-pumping buoy. When detecting people drowning, the rescuer can control the drone carrying a buoy to automatically pump out the drowning person's position and release the buoy to the person in distress. Experimental results in a controlled environment show the feasibility of the device in service of rescue work. The device has been tested in specific areas such as football fields, lakes, and open spaces as well as areas with obstacles, and achieved the required results.
 
Keywords: 
unmanned device; Drone; Drowning rescue; Self-pumping buoy
 
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