澳大利亞正在研制冠狀病毒探測無人機

澳大利亞正在研制冠狀病毒探測無人機

A pandemic drone, that monitors temperature, heart and respiratory rates, is being developed to detect the coronavirus.

一種監(jiān)測體溫、心率和呼吸頻率的流行病監(jiān)測無人機正在研制中，以檢測冠狀病毒。

Fitted with specialised sensors and a computer vision system, the drone can also detect people sneezing or coughing in crowds or indoor places where people congregate, like offices, airports or cruise ships.

這種無人機配備了專門的傳感器和計算機視覺系統(tǒng)，還可以在人群中或人們聚集的室內場所(如辦公室、機場或游輪)檢測到人們打噴嚏或咳嗽。

It's the work of a team from the University of South Australia, led by Defence Chair of Sensor Systems Professor Javaan Chahl, who have partnered with Canadian drone technology company Draganfly.

該工作由來自南澳大利亞大學的一個團隊負責，領導人是傳感器系統(tǒng)的國防主席javan Chahl教授，他與加拿大無人機技術公司Draganfly合作開發(fā)。

Professor Chahl said the technology was originally envisaged for war zones, natural disasters and remotely monitoring heart rates of premature babies in incubators.

Chahl教授說，這項技術最初是為戰(zhàn)區(qū)、自然災害和遠程監(jiān)測早產兒的心率而設計的。

"Now we see a need for its use immediately, to help save lives in the biggest health catastrophe the world has experienced in the past 100 years," he said.

他說:“現在我們看到有必要立即使用它，以幫助在這場過去100年世界經歷的最大健康災難中拯救生命。”

"It might not detect all cases, but it could be a reliable tool to detect the presence of the disease in a place or in a group of people."

它可能無法檢測出所有的病例，但它可能是一個可靠的工具，可以在一個地方或人群中檢測出疾病的存在。

Professor Chahl previously helped develop image-processing technology to detect a human's heart rate from drone video and more recently algorithms to interpret human actions such as sneezing and coughing.

Chahl教授之前幫助開發(fā)了圖像處理技術，通過無人機視頻檢測人類的心率，以及最近的算法來解釋人類的行為，如打噴嚏和咳嗽。

Draganfly chief Cameron Chell said the technology would be available to government, medical and commercial customers.

德拉甘利首席執(zhí)行官卡梅倫•切爾表示，這項技術將向政府、醫(yī)療和商業(yè)客戶開放。

"Health and respiratory monitoring will be vital not only for detection but also to understand health trends," Mr Chell said.

切爾表示:“健康和呼吸監(jiān)測不僅對檢測至關重要，而且對了解健康趨勢也同樣重要。”