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Drones paired with AI could help search-and-rescue teams find missing persons faster

  • Written by Adeel Khalid, Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Kennesaw State University
imageAn AI system can analyze data from a drone to detect people in a forest – and determine what condition they're in.Adeel Khalid

A combination of infrared imaging, thermal imaging and color cameras on an uncrewed drone, along with an AI system to interpret the data, can help emergency responders and search-and-rescue teams locate, identify and...

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