Question

At a workshop hosted at its campus in May-June 2024, a team from IIT Dharwad unveiled the world's first _______assistance drone?

• A. fire rescue
• B. military surveillance
• C. agricultural survey
• D. vaccine and medicine distribution

Answer 1

Answer:

A. fire rescue

In May-June 2024, a team from IIT Dharwad unveiled the world's first fire rescue assistance drone. This drone is designed to aid in firefighting operations A team of teachers and students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)Dharwad has developed a fire rescue assistant drone. Prof Sudheer Siddapureddy and Prof Ameer Mulla, with funding from the TiHAN Foundation, IIT Hyderabad (NMICPS, govt of India), led the team. The unveiling and demonstration of what is claimed to be the first fire rescue assistant drone was held during the two-day workshop on ‘Drone design and autonomous navigation in fire rescue’ (DDANFR 2024), organised by the Fire and Thermal Research Laboratory (FTRL) and the Control Systems and Robotics Laboratory at IIT Dharwad on May 31 and June 1.