We often say that robots and unmanned aerial vehicles designed to make our lives better and safer, but the “documentary” evidence of these words was not. And now, for the first time in world history, an unmanned drone patrolling the coast of Australia, saved the lives of two people.
Just off the coast of New South Wales two teenagers floated away a sudden onslaught of heavy wind. People were at 700 metres from the shore and due to the rising huge waves were not able to get out on the land. Came to the aid of remotely controlled drone-UAV. He threw drowning inflatable life raft and helped them to swim to shore. As stated by the lifeguard who drove the drone, Jay Sheridan,
“I was able to launch its own drone to fly to the scene of the disaster and dump people rescue vehicle in just 70 seconds, while normally the rescue takes 6 minutes to get to those who need help.”
It is noteworthy that after the incident the next morning, it was stated to use a drone lifeguards on the whole coast. Well, as for the “hero”, it was them camera Little Ripper Life Saver, which is responsible for the development of compact and light rescue equipment (from the kits with a blanket to automatic external defibrillators) that are packaged in containers and transferred with the help of drones.
Drone for the first time helped to save lives
Vladimir Kuznetsov