Smart Rescue

AI-Assisted Drones Aid to Optimize Response to Large-Scale Disasters and Rescue Missions

Drones powered by the AIB-SN41 fly autonomously, even in GPS-denied environments, acquiring 3D point cloud data and sending live feedback to command centers.

AIB-SN41

Challenge

Disasters such as wildfires and urban fires pose significant challenges to safety and resource management. The vast areas affected by disasters such as wildfires require extensive coverage that human teams find difficult to manage quickly and efficiently.

Traditional firefighting and rescue methods often fall short due to the unpredictability and scale of such disasters, compounded by inadequate real-time data collection and analysis. Advances in technology, such as AI, have ushered in AI-assisted tools like drones, revolutionizing disaster response.

Solution

The partner's drones are powered by Aetina's DeviceEdge AIB-SN41, a robust, compact, and lightweight platform that can be equipped with state-of-the-art sensors, such as 4K cameras, infrared cameras, and radar scanning. These drones feature an autonomous flight plan with obstacle avoidance, real-time monitoring, and tracking, allowing them to navigate safely and efficiently through challenging environments. They excel at acquiring 3D point cloud data, which is crucial for close-up analyses in dangerous areas, such as tunnel collapse, wildland fires, and post-earthquake assessments.

Designed to operate in GPS-denied environments, these drones streamline inspection processes and enhance decision-making at command centers with vital live feedback and comprehensive data analysis. This not only increases operational speed but also significantly reduces risks to human life.

Drone vision is used for gathering damage imagery, geography investigation, scene monitoring and locating victims. Images are sent over 4G/LTE or wireless links to the command center and a remote management system with AI image analysis.

The AIB-SN41 is a ready-to-use edge AI computing platform with integrity BSP and device configuration building based upon NVIDIA Jetson Orin SoMs. It supports NVIDIA Jetson Platform Services to build generative AI and edge applications faster and with less effort, and sensor AVL vendors are offered for fast-track development and deployment of end-to-end applications.

Results

Enhances the speed and efficiency of response operations, allowing for quicker containment of disasters and more successful disaster management outcomes.
Strategically integrating AI augments the capabilities of search and rescue teams and effectively reduces casualties.

Aetina Products Used

Aetina · NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX / Nano · Board-level system

AIB-SO21/31 | AIB-SN31/41

A palm-sized board-level platform for Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano: Super Mode support, two MIPI CSI-2 camera inputs and an 87.4 x 67.4 mm footprint.

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