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How about a flying drone that drops an inflatable from a few meters above the struggling swimmer?
by aftbit 2y ago
How about a flying drone that drops an inflatable from a few meters above the struggling swimmer?
- itishappy 2y agoHow about using a cheap floating platform? One with a more efficient operating mode, larger payload capacity, less moving parts, safe failure modes...
- Spivak 2y agoHonestly the drone probably wins in all those categories today and the drone doesn't have the problem of needing to navigate choppy water, has a bird's eye view, and can't accidentally slam into the swimmer on a bad wave. And you can buy them off the shelf, hell you can buy a drone right now today that can physically lift the person out of the ocean.
- akadruid1 2y agoThese exist and have been saving lives for at least 6 years: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/lifeguard-drone-rescue-australia-spd https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/lifegua...
- brewdad 2y agoCosts 20x as much as this robot. It does have the advantage of being used successfully once.
- aftbit 2y agoThe drone used in that situation is the "Little Ripper Lifesaver" which supposedly sells for around $50k[1]. From TFA, the cost for the boat was around $12k. That means this is about 4x more expensive, not 20x. That doesn't include the droppable inflatable boat but that is probably not going to break the bank either. 1: https://www.insidehook.com/culture/little-ripper-rescue-drone-australia-lifeguard-saves-lives https://www.insidehook.com/culture/little-ripper-rescue-dron...