Published: June 14, 2024 By ,

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¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder's Ann and H.J. Smead Aerospace Engineering Sciences is partnering with the Boulder Emergency Squad to evaluate the use of AI-enabled drones in search and rescue operations. TheÌýresearch allowsÌýrescuers to feed information to drones, which can then independently help teams scout locations or find individuals.

"What we'reÌýdoing with this research is giving tools toÌýrescuers to control drones to get that initialÌýperspective and then allowing them to also doÌýother things at the same time," said Hunter Ray, an aerospace engineering doctoral student at ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ Boulder.Ìý

Ray and first responders explain what the drones are capable of, what they work on during field tests and how they hope to implement the drones in the future.ÌýThe project is still in the development phase.