Robots using artificial intelligence come to solve the drowning of people in swimming pools and lakes. From a depth of 3 meters, a robot achieved to bring an 80 kg human effigy to the surface in 1 second.
Nearly 420 people drowned in Germany in 2019, with the majority dying in freshwater lakes and swimming pools. The solution in the absence of lifeguards could be a floating submarine rescue robot. A team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Advanced Systems Technology aims to improve the situation with a robot that uses artificial intelligence, the only one of its kind in the world.
Surveillance cameras mounted on the pool roof record the movement patterns and position of the drowned person in the pool and send the coordinates to the robot to a connection base on the pool floor, which opens in case of emergency. As soon as the vehicle reaches its destination, it locates the person in danger and transports him to the surface. A fastening mechanism prevents bodies from sliding down.