Breaking news of remotely manned systems worldwide
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The drone will be fitted with a specialised sensor and computer vision system that can monitor temperature, heart and respiratory rates, as well as detect people sneezing and coughing in crowds, offices, airports, cruise ships, aged care homes and other places where groups of people may work or congregate.
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How Drones Are Fighting The Coronavirus
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Celltrio for example, is supplying robotic cryogenic freezers that automatically store and retrieve human cells used in cell culturing. Which helps scientists work on new compounds, decreasing the time to important drug discovery.
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In Hamburg, the joint research project Medifly, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Transportation and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), successfully demonstrated the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for acute transportation of medical samples. A total of six drone flights were conducted between the German Armed Forces Hospital in Wandsbek-Gartenstadt and Saint Mary’s Hospital in Hohenfelde, roughly five kilometers (linear distance) apart from each other.
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UC San Diego Health will test whether it can safely use small flying drones to quickly transport medical samples among its facilities in a project meant to reduce the time patients have to wait for blood test results and treatment.
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Flights will resume on January 27th
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Both boast nationwide systems of medical drones — unmanned aerial vehicles carrying blood products and other medical supplies to locations across those countries.
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A new drone delivery program by Matternet, and operated by UPS, will fly blood samples and other medical necessities to those in need, according to reports.
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UPS señala que UPS Flight Forward y Matternet han completado más de 1.500 entregas de drones que generan ingresos en el Hospital WakeMed desde que inició el servicio allí en marzo de 2019.
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A drone delivery program in Switzerland has been suspended indefinitely after one of the vehicles crashed just 50 yards away from a group of children. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports (viaIEEE Spectrum) that the 10-kg (22-pound) drone, capable of carrying up to 2-kg of cargo, encountered an issue during a flight in Zurich in May.
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