As the number and severity of forest fires increase, new methods are needed to combat them.
Startup company Robotto has built drones to monitor and track forest fires in real time using artificial intelligence technology. Experts say that climate change is causing fires to increase.
Kenneth Richard Geipel, co-founder and CEO of the startup, emphasised the criticality of time, saying: "Usually, firefighters often use 12-hour and in some cases even 24-hour fire maps when responding to a fire, so when they start an operation, they must first determine the situation, which delays the real fight against the fire."
"Thanks to our technology, firefighters can instantly see where the fire is, how big it is, where it is most intense and allocate their resources accordingly," Geipel said, adding that the first moments in a forest fire are critical to ensure that the fire does not get out of control.
Developed in 2018 after fires in Greece, Sweden and California, the technology was developed to ensure that fires do not get out of control. The four-propeller drone methodically scans a predefined area by sending the data it collects with the thermal cameras on it to an AI-powered processing centre.
In addition, AI drones will also be used to prevent poaching in Uganda and find endangered koalas in Australia. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is also using them in Thailand to track roaming elephant herds and prevent human-wildlife conflict.
Currently, Robotto continues to work on a fixed-wing drone project with a flight time of two hours.
Source:
https://tr.euronews.com/2023/09/19/orman-yanginlariyla-mucadeleye-yapay-zekali-drone-destegi
