How robots save people

A robot cannot harm a person or by its inaction allow a person to be harmed.

The first law of robotics Isaac Asimov

The robots that were once fiction (at least until Shakey in the 1960-1970s ) entered our life as assistants - builders, surgeons and rescuers. Under the cut - a few examples of how robotic technology helps to save the lives of people in the most difficult conditions.


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On the sea

In 2013, the Iranian company RTS Ideas tested a water rescue drone. Unfortunately, he is not able to pick up a drowning man (even a child) and carry him to the shore, but he can throw you a life ring. The robot carries three lifebuoys. The developers also offer to recharge the robot using solar panels at a special parking lot.

The robot is controlled remotely, so you can not do without an operator. In the series has not yet been released.



Other possible uses include coast monitoring, as well as preliminary video and photography of places before rescue operations. The prototype has already been tested in the Caspian Sea. He can fly at a speed of 16 miles per hour up to 10 minutes with three circles on board.

Explosion hazard

It would be interesting to know the statistics of how many potentially life-saving robots around the world help to neutralize bombs. And how many sappers thanks to them reduced the risk of not surviving until the next birthday. In the photo - Andros EOD from the company Remotec, an option specifically for working with explosive devices.

Debris

There are many ideas, but far from all reach the final stage - commercialization and mass use. This year the quadcopter HERALD was presented, which also still exists only in the form of a prototype, and carries with it two snake-like robots that can crawl into the cracks to search for people under the rubble.

Fires

The Pelican robotic fire engine can put out fires from a distance of up to 60 meters. The control of the robot is carried out using Wi-Fi to 600 meters. In addition to directly extinguishing, the robot can take people out of the danger zone - the operator will explain what to do and where to go. The machine is compact enough to work in tunnels and car parks.

Battlefield

Nurse Galina Petrova, Hero of the Soviet Union, during the first night alone on the Crimean coast, carried out more than twenty soldiers from the battlefield. How many more girls in the past few years have carried the wounded, and how many of these wounded were, it is probably impossible to count. And in fact they did it under bullets, and often died.

Now people are trying to sacrifice less. For example, such a robot Bear can carry the wounded. It is very similar to the Japanese robot RIBA, designed to work with older people and patients of clinics .

Ambulance

In the past five years, 800,000 people a year have stopped their hearts in the European Union, and only 8% of them survived. The developer of a drone with a defibrillator promises to increase the survival rate by up to 80%, that is, to help save 640,000 lives a year. Geksakopter can reach the patient in the service area of ​​12 square kilometers in just a minute instead of the average ten minutes that are required for the arrival of an ambulance. The drone's speed is about 100 km / h, its weight is 4 kg and its carrying capacity is 4 kg.

Time plays a crucial role: as a rule, brain death occurs within 4-6 minutes after cardiac arrest. Defibrillation in the first few minutes can save lives.





A similar project was in Germany in 2013, it was called Defikopter . Then it was proposed to drop the defibrillator from the drone on a parachute, also recognizing the location using GPS. The speed of the aircraft - about 70 km / h, it could cover the area within a radius of 10 kilometers.