Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers have proposed to use multiple swarms of drones to tackle natural disasters like forest fires.
As forest fires are becoming increasingly catastrophic across the world, accelerated by climate change, the researchers in a new study propose that swarms of drones could be the solution.
“By the time somebody identifies and reports a fire, it has already started spreading and cannot be put out with one drone. You need to have a swarm of drones. A swarm that can communicate with each other,” said Suresh Sundaram, professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc.
