Mobile operator VEON, whose two biggest markets are Russia and Ukraine, says it will share the know-how of its drone-based AI solution with the international telecom community so that they can assist with the search and rescue of missing persons in their communities.
The VEON Augmented Intelligence Platform was originally developed to help out Liza Alert, a non-profit search and rescue volunteer organization in Russia. Combining high-resolution drone imaging, fast mobile communications, and artificial intelligence, VEON’s tech is capable of reducing the time taken to find missing persons.
For this, VEON used DJI M300 RTK drones that can operate both during the day and at night in harsh weather conditions. The company found that during a 45-minute flight, a single drone was able to capture over 2,500 images, which were then transmitted via mobile networks to VEON’s datacenter for automatic processing. Any findings from the data were then communicated back to…
