Students of Irkutsk University developed a unique drone that allows extinguishing fires using artificial intelligence (AI) systems, the Russian National Technological Initiative program reported Saturday.
The students successfully tested an AI-equipped hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle to douse fires, Sputnik news agency reported.
The drone flies along a predetermined route and, thanks to AI, can distinguish between a campfire made by tourists or sun-heated metals or even a fire focus. After collecting information, the device will send data to a remote monitoring center.
I just remembered an old joke:
Q: what doesn’t fit in your ass and doesn’t buzz?
A: a Soviet-made ass-buzzer.
I wonder how good at flying and fighting fires that thing really is.