A fire rescue assistive drone has been developed by a team of teachers and students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dharwad.
The team was led by Professor Sudhir Siddapureddy and Professor Ameer Mulla with funding from Tihan Foundation, IIT Hyderabad (NMICPS, Government of India).
The first fire rescue assistant drone was unveiled and demonstrated during a two-day workshop on ‘Drone Design and Autonomous Navigation in Fire Rescue’ (DDANFR 2024).
On May 31 and June 1, it was organised by the Fire and Thermal Research Laboratory (FTRL) and the Control Systems and Robotics Laboratory, IIT Dharwad.
The new drone is designed for the fire protection community and takes into account the challenges of designing a drone that is small enough to operate in indoor spaces and able to withstand high temperatures.
This will help in fire safety management in crowd places such as railway stations, malls and pilgrimage sites.
