The St Bernard Search and Rescue UAV

While drone technologies currently are a very fast-growing market, recent incidents, including mid-air collision with aircraft and obvious risks for people and property when out of control, forced the government of Canada to adopt strong measures to ground all Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) of more than 250 grams. A Special Flight Operations Certificate is now required for every commercial operation to protect people, privacy and property.
With this in mind, SII Canada and VOZWIN have decided to propose “The St Bernard Search and Rescue UAV”, with reference to St Bernard dogs in the Swiss Alps. As mountains usually are sparsely populated, flying a UAV over mountainous regions would carry very little risk for people and property. Although some solutions already exist, a semi-autonomous UAV seems to be a better alternative for an immediate, low-cost and low-risk search operation over a known resort domain. TO BE CONT’D

Faculty Supervisor:

Luis Rodrigues;Khashayar Khorasani

Student:

Partner:

SII Canada

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Professional, scientific and technical services

University:

Concordia University

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