Autonomous Drone for Surveying Flooded Area and Performing Optimal Rescue Operation Using Image Processing

During life threatening conditions caused due to natural disasters, search and rescue operations manually has not been possible to implement quickly. To overcome this issue, the proposed methodology provides a solution of using an autonomous drone with the help of image processing techniques in flooded scenarios. When any victims are identified, our proposed system aids in the rescue operations by visually screening the flooded areas and sending a signal to the rescue team. Using this UAV camera several image processing algorithms are performed to detect survivors to approximate the area of the flooded region.