In collaboration with the Tainan City and Kaohsiung City Government Fire Bureau, the MD Lab, Industrial Design Department, NCKU, and Fast Create International Corporation, MTIC by MIRDC’s "Rsearch on Real-Time Drowning Detection in Open Water Using UAVs and AI Image Recognition " was published in Drones, an SCIE Q1 international journal.

The AI model achieved a (mAP@0.5) of 0.991, demonstrating strong detection performance even under challenging conditions such as water reflections, low illumination, complex backgrounds, and low-contrast targets.

Through the integration of UAV technology, AI image recognition, and real-world rescue scenarios, MTIC continues to strengthen intelligent water rescue capabilities and support safer, faster emergency response.

Full paper available link: Research on Real-Time Drowning Detection in Open Water Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Artificial Intelligence Image Recognition


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