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Electroantennography-based Bio-hybrid Odor-detecting Drone using Silkmoth Antennae for Odor Source Localization

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Simulation-Based Drone Assisted Search Operations in a River.

Mustafa Cicek¹, Sinan Pasli², Melih Imamoglu²

¹Kanuni Education and Research Hospital Department of Emergency Medicine, Trabzon.

Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

|July 17, 2022

Summary

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Drone-assisted search techniques (DAST) significantly reduce victim location times in rivers compared to classic search techniques (CST). Drones improve search and rescue efficiency by enabling faster victim identification.

Keywords:

UAV drowning ground search search and rescue

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Search and Rescue Technology

Background:

Drones offer real-time video and coordinate transmission for search and rescue (SAR) operations.
Existing literature lacks simulation studies on using drones to find simulated victims in rivers.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare the effectiveness of drone-assisted search techniques (DAST) against classic search techniques (CST) in locating simulated victims in rivers.
To evaluate key performance metrics including time to first visual contact and area coverage rate.

Main Methods:

A prospective experimental simulation study was conducted using both DAST and CST for river searches.
Twenty simulated river search and rescue operations were performed (10 per technique).
Key metrics measured included time to victim, total scanned area, scanned area per minute, and flight-walking distances/speeds.

Main Results:

DAST located simulated victims significantly faster (80±14 s) than CST (823±177 s).
The area scanned per minute was substantially higher with DAST (22,640±1622 m²·min⁻¹) compared to CST (3091±54 m²·min⁻¹).

Conclusions:

Drone-assisted search techniques demonstrate superior speed and efficiency in locating simulated victims in riverine environments.
Implementing drones in search and rescue operations has the potential to significantly decrease victim discovery times.