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Eureka Project Awarded

Submitted by oparslow on Mon, 04/08/2024 - 16:23
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Deep Vision, in partnership with Wake Engineering, are pleased to announce a successful bid on a Eureka project entitled An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Autonomous Maritime Search and Rescue. Deep Vision will provide a UAV mounted sensor package to identify and locate people lost at sea. Wake Engineering are a Spanish firm who produce the Fulmar, a fixed-wing UAV used for deployment on the project.

"One  of  the  most  formidable  challenges  in  sea-based search  and  rescue  efforts  lies  in visually  identifying survivors.  The  vastness  of  the  maritime  environment, coupled with visual fatigue and  the difficulty of discerning small targets against a shifting sea background, can lead to human  errors  during  surveillance  missions,  whether conducted  from  ships  or aircraft."

 - Subramanian, Karthika Punnengattu Padi. "Maritime Search and Rescue Operations." Bournemouth University.

This project aims to address to this problem through the use of UAVs equipped with machine learning software. This solution has the potential to be cost-effective, accurate, and scalable, ultimately resulting in reduced rescue times and saved lives.