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UAVs as Means to Provide First Aid Kits to Lost at Sea Victims

Authors:
Anastasiia Rozhok
Emanuele Adorni
Roberto Revetria

Keywords: airship; patrolling; simulation; human rescue; disaster supply kit

Abstract:
In the last decade, airships acquired a new role in the civil industry. With their low impact on the environment, high safety standards and high payload capabilities, this technology is developing to become a massive business. The many advantages in terms of transport and ecological impact (respecting the constraints given by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) result in defining a new type of resource that can be useful in many civil scenarios. The variety of operations that Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can pursue are explained. The conditions where UAVs can play a role as first aid providers in disaster scenarios are suggested. Autonomous airships are employed as UAVs for patrolling and disaster response scenarios. In distress situations, victims may require fundamental needs which would be delivered by the airship. The study on how the payload mass influences the decision of the parameter of the airship, that should be used for the rescue operations without interfering with the patrolling mission, is carried out. The presented simulation describes the sprint-and-drift strategy employed for optimal search. This article has the objective of presenting a practical disaster supply kit for people lost at sea on the supposed Ligurian coast, where the technology of autonomous airships can be greatly employed by the coast guard

Pages: 1 to 6

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2022

Publication date: April 24, 2022

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3700

ISBN: 978-1-61208-943-0

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from April 24, 2022 to April 28, 2022