[Interesting Engineering] A new style of the drone could offer life-saving technologies onto battlefields and emergency disaster situations. Israel-based robotics company Tactical Robotics just tested a "mission representative" demonstration for its lead customer, the Israel Defense Forces.
The demonstration for the IDF took place at the Megiddo Airfield in the Galilee, according to Tactical Robotics. The Cormorant drone showed off exactly what it was built to do. It took a load of cargo through a pre-planned flight path. It then delivered that cargo load to a ground team. That team then loaded on a medical training manikin to simulate a casualty (rather than a wounded or injured patient).
Other than the unloading of cargo and loading one of the training manikin, the entire simulated mission was performed autonomously. |