For search and rescue, AI is not more accurate than humans, but it is far faster. Recent successes in applying computer vision and machine learning to drone imagery for rapidly determining building ...

The flash floods that have devastated Texas are already a difficult crisis to manage. More than 100 people are confirmed dead after the July 4 deluge, and many more remain missing. But while recovery ...

TANDALE, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The sight of a drone hovering above the streets of Tandale to map the crowded flood-prone neighborhood in the north of Dar es Salaam spread excitement ...

A recreational drone, like the one pictured here, collided with a search and rescue helicopter in Kerrville. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Kerry Raymond As rescue and recovery operations continue in the ...

In a recent article in the journal PLoS One, researchers at Old Dominion University, USA, assessed the process of delivering medications through drones to people in rural and flood-prone coastal ...

Garuda Aerospace, India’s leading drone manufacturer, has deployed over ten drones to the Indian Army for the ongoing flood relief operations in Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh. The drones ...

Robin R. Murphy receives funding from the National Science Foundation. She is affiliated with the Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue. Thomas Manzini is affiliated with the Center for Robot ...