New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- A team from the Indian Naval Academy has developed a pair of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) designed for long-range maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) operations.

The system has two drones that work together. A quadcopter searches for a person in the water, and a hexacopter then delivers a lifebuoy to the spot. The two are linked through long-range RF communication.

Speaking exclusively to ANI, Midshipman Sudhanshu Tanwar, one of the developers of the UAVs, explained how the system works. He said the quadcopter does the searching with 2K optical and thermal cameras. An AI model called YOLO scans the live feed and flags a possible person in the water.

Once a person is flagged, the hexacopter flies out on ...