A team of Tehran-based roboticists is developing an aerial rescue robot designed to save people drowning near coastlines.<br /><br />Pars, the brainchild of Iranian research firm RTS Labs, is a quadcopter that dispenses life preservers to drowning people. It can be deployed on land or at sea and is equipped with technology that includes GPS navigation tools, artificial intelligence and a triple-axis gyroscope. <br /><br />A prototype currently holds a single life preserver, but future versions may hold up to 15 self-inflating rings.<br /> <br />The rescue robot also has its very own sea platform, equipped with solar panels, where multiple robots can be recharged at once.<br /><br />Among the robot's most notable features are a FLIR thermal camera used to track people in the sea and LED lighting that can be used to help people in danger spot the robot in the dark.<br /><br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />FOR MORE NEXT MEDIA ANIMATION, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAWorldEdition <br /><br />FOR MORE NEXT MEDIA ANIMATION IN ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAtv <br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS US, GO TO:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS <br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS JP, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsJP <br /><br />FOR MORE APPLE DAILY ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AppleDailyEnglish <br /><br />CHECK OUT THE ODDBODS!<br />http://www.youtube.com/user/nxTomo
