Russian engineers have designed a roboraft intended to find and save a person on or under water, TASS news agency reports.
The raft was developed by Radar MMS and can reach speed of 37 km/hr (which is faster than a running, let alone swimming, human). Having identified a drowner, the raft can approach the person and drop a life raft. The robotic device can sale even on heavy sea. It has a small size and weight of about 30 kilos. It can operate for about an hour without recharging.
“It is the first time Aurora rescue system is presented to the public. This fast robot is intended to deliver an air raft to a shipwrecked individual. The rescue system can be located at Mi-8, Ka-226 and Ansat helicopters. The robot can also be installed at any ship or sea platform”, Ivan Antsev, executive director at Radar MMS, said.
As Invest Foresight reported earlier, authorities in Australia use drones for rescuing drowning people which also deliver lifebelts or life rafts. Such drones though are to be operated by a human and can not function all by themselves.