Firefighter in the Sky
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Fernando Rios
Location
Poster 103
Session Format
Poster Presentation
Academic Unit
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Background
Fires are a constant threat to civilization and in recent years the number of fires that have occurred has increased. Multiple studies have found that climate change has already led to an increase in wildfire season length, wildfire frequency, and burned area [7]. Currently firefighters and fire victims are at considerable risks. They are exposed to burns, smoke inhalation, and falling debris. Health issues take the form of heart disease, lung damage, and cancer. Furthermore, there is a need to improve time and plan management in fire scenarios.
Keywords
Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering and Computing Student Research Symposium, Drone, Fire Extinguishing
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Presentation Type and Release Option
Presentation (File Not Available for Download)
Start Date
2022 12:00 AM
January 2022
Firefighter in the Sky
Poster 103
The risk of fire affecting people is on the rise due to global warming. Being able to leverage drone technology to help combat this issue would be an ideal situation. This project aims to aid firefighters when there is an emergency. While the drone extinguishes the fire with a fire extinguisher balls (Fig. 4), the firefighter can focus on other imperative tasks. The drone uses a combination of different components such as a Pix Hawk Flight Controller (Fig. 2), Lidar Sensors, Servo Motors, two Raspberry Pi 3B (Fig. 1), and the Pi Camera Module. The drones also implements Machine Learning Computer Vision algorithms to properly detect fire. The Raspberry Pi is the driving force behind the implementation of the drone’s movement and assessment. We also implement the Pix Hawk simulation software (Fig. 3).
