UAVs come to help rescuers: Armenia develops new technology solutions

The scientific-research laboratory of Armenia’s Crisis Management State Academy is developing technological solutions to use them in search operations, extinguish of fire and other rescue works, Rector of the Academy, Major-General of the rescue service Hamlet Matevosyan told Armenpress.

“Science and technology are developing, and the latest technologies are introduced in all areas, therefore, the emergency situations field is not an exception. For instance, today we see a lot of high-rise buildings in Yerevan, and conducting rescue works creates new difficulties. So we need new technologies for conducting rescue operations in such places. Those will be both the robots and the unmanned aerial vehicles”, he said.

The Rector of the Academy informed that the research-scientific group involves both the lecturers and students of the Academy.

“We are conducting quite serious experiments for already a year. The results of these experiments have already been introduced in the Rescue Service. For instance, this year we have developed UAVs for those who spend their holidays in Lake Sevan. These UAVs give lifeguards respective information about the swimmers. Moreover, we develop a technology of thr...