While we hope that no one in the world gets caught up in a disaster like situation, when disasters or calamities strike, the first thing people need is help through food, water and clothing supplies.
The Indian Army and Indian Air Force in Jammu and Kashmir have always helped people stranded in their homes or deserted places due to floods, cold weather, etc. However, at times, when calamities render a particular place inaccessible, helping people held up in such situations becomes a challenge for everyone intending to help. It is here that hexacopter drones play a role!
Sky Robo Drones – Leveraging Hexacopters for Disaster Support
Sky Robo Drones is a private company, also registered as a startup under the Startup India movement. The company aims to design drones that help people caught in natural calamities such as earthquakes, floods, snowfall, etc. While the concept of drones isn’t new, it is the purpose that makes all the difference. The company secured a place at Dubai Expo. It represented Jammu and Kashmir’s entrepreneurial prowess by sharing space with other startups and young companies across the valley.
Drone Capacity and Features
As per the website of Sky Robo Drones, to date, the company has made prototypes with a pay load-carrying capacity of two kilograms. They can be operated through the internet. Additionally, the drones are equipped with a GPS sensor that helps them to complete missions autonomously and return to the launching positions in case of bad weather or low battery (below 50%). The drones do not need manual intervention through radio.
Apart from the above, the drones can fly at low altitudes and reach places impossible for a larger aircraft to reach. Besides, the hexacopters are pretty straightforward to operate and maintain. They are equipped with advanced navigation systems and fundamental safety systems that improve their usefulness. Let’s now look at some advantages (pretty much associated with the drones’ features).
Advantages of the Hexacopters
People stranded amidst calamities demand quick response and help. As they are almost immobilized, they remain dependent on external help, until the situation improves. Accordingly, the drones offer the advantages mentioned below, which make them a must from the viewpoint of calamities not only in Kashmir but other regions also.
- Minimized physical risks
- Enhanced response time
- Reduced disaster management costs
- Improved disaster resiliency
- Ability to carry payloads such as sensors and cameras
- Quicker and easier guidance to affected areas
- Capacity to cover vast areas in a single operation
- Capability to click real-time high-resolution images of the disaster zone
- Enabling the concerned officials to conduct risk and damage assessment promptly and remotely
- Helping officials get the real-time location of victims, thus accelerating the pace of rescue operations
Sky Robo Drones – Relief Packages
Let’s quickly run through some information about the relief packages offered by Sky Robo Drones, as mentioned on the company’s website. For detailed information, visit https://skyrobodrones.net/.
- Six one-liter plastic bottles of water + powdered supplement packages
- Medical supply kit, which includes various antibiotics, bandages, pain killers, and,dressings
- Food rations such as instant rice and oatmeal, freeze-dried meat and vegetables, and vitamin supplements that could last 10 people
- 20 Meals Ready-to-Eat (military-issue MREs) with flameless heaters included in packages
- Three heavy synthetic blankets and two metallic emergency blankets
- Ten satellite cell phones, battery pack chargers, and instructions
- Ten hand-crank radios and ten hand-crank lights
- Surgical kit that contains scalpels, suture kit, sterile dressings, antibiotics, syringes, sterile gloves, anesthetics, and masks
- Three large tents, each suitable for 4 people
- Ten cell phone charge battery packs
- Miscellaneous supplies
A 12thPass Owner Who’s Making the Difference
As mentioned on the website of Sky Robo Drones, the founder of the company, Mr. Abaan Habib is a 12th pass student. He has proved that while innovating things, apart from education, what also matters is the idea and its intent. Abaan’s interest in drone technology drove him towards creating drones that would help mankind and people stuck in challenging situations arising from natural calamities and disasters.
Of course, the company is yet a startup. But it has the potential to grow multiple folds and serve people on a much higher scale than it is doing today. Besides, the fact that the startup has made it here, despite the valley’s unique challenges, signifies the solid determination and dedication of Abaan and the team to succeed.
