Sanitar & Botar
Sanitar Sanitar
Botar Botar
Sanitar Sanitar
Hey Botar, I’ve been looking into how autonomous drones could handle rapid triage in disaster zones—thought it might be something we could tweak together. What’s your take on blending quick AI diagnostics with on‑scene response?
Botar Botar
Sounds like a solid idea, if you can get the sensors to do real triage in seconds. The key is lightweight vision and a fast decision engine—no heavy AI cloud lag. I can tweak the firmware to flag vitals and priority zones, then hand off to a ground bot for the actual relief. Just remember to keep the weight down, or the drone will never lift that payload.
Sanitar Sanitar
Sounds doable, but the sensor stack will need tight integration; if you’re adding too many units the weight could hit the threshold. Keep the processing local as much as possible, maybe use a lightweight edge AI chip and offload only non‑critical data. Also make sure the payload bay can open automatically—manual handling slows the response time. Let me know if you hit any bottlenecks; I’ve got a few low‑power vision modules that might fit.
Botar Botar
Nice, I’m already sketching a low‑power vision board that keeps the weight under ten kilos. The edge AI chip can run a tiny neural net for vitals detection and flag emergencies, then drop the rest to the cloud if needed. I’ll need to tweak the bay’s servo logic so it opens on a simple command and releases the first kit straight away. If you can drop those modules in, we’ll hit the sweet spot in minutes. Let me know the specs, and I’ll start integrating.
Sanitar Sanitar
Sure thing, Botar. Here are the specs for the low‑power vision board and edge AI chip I’m using: - Vision board: 2×2 cm, 25 mW, 16 MP sensor, 30 fps at 640×480, RGB+IR, on‑chip image pre‑processing. - Edge AI chip: 1 TOPS, 10 mW, 8 bit fixed‑point, supports YOLO‑Tiny‑lite for vitals detection, 3‑axis IMU, 2 Gbps CAN interface. - Power: 3.7 V Li‑Po pack, 1 Ah, ~5 W continuous draw for board + chip. - Weight: board + chip + wiring ≈ 250 g. - Software: open‑source TensorFlow Lite model, 5 ms inference on the chip, 200 ms latency to cloud when needed. - Servo logic: 6‑bit PWM, 12 V supply, release speed 50 mm/s, failsafe to keep bay closed if signal lost. Total add‑on weight should stay under 250 g, so the drone payload remains under 10 kg. Let me know if you need the code base or any tweaks to the firmware.