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Rescue Buoy, winner
The Rescue Buoy is a life guard assistant in the form of a rescue buoy that monitors the water to detect possible rescue situation in time.
Life guards are able to find the rescue situation from land, but have problems locating the spot while out on water. The Rescue Buoy solves this problem by identifying the problem, contacting the life guard on shore to determine the right action, and if needed, moving towards the location to act as a floatation device and a positioning marker until further assistance arrives. The buoy is meant to work in a team with other buoys covering the whole width of the beach, each observing a distance of 150 meters. Besides emergency situations, it also makes beach guests feel safe from off shore winds and shark attacks.
The Rescue Buoy brings the robotic application into a new field by finding, consulting and solving an actual problem that would save human lives.
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Finding of the Jury:
The jury found that this project touches a very interesting category, which is the one of life saving in combination with robot technique. Currently you see many projects in the area of serving robots; the topic of live saving robots is quite rare and has a higher social value. “Rescue Buoy” is a floating robot, which observes beaches, can track somebody in case of an emergency and save him (with some control of the live guard).
Several problems are obvious: The deep, which restricts the performance in shallow waters; the water stream of the drive in the direction of the person, who is rescued; energy. Finally, there is a long way to go until the project becomes a product.
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