{"id":594,"date":"2016-12-10T15:55:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T15:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/fsiblog\/?p=594"},"modified":"2016-12-10T15:55:29","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T15:55:29","slug":"gdp-43-life-saving-transformers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/2016\/12\/10\/gdp-43-life-saving-transformers\/","title":{"rendered":"GDP 43 Life saving transformers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Transformers GDP is a team of eight\u00a0fourth year engineers: seven of whom are mechanical engineers with one aeronautical student. The project is supervised by Dr Nick Townsend from FSI.<br \/>\nDrowning is a huge worldwide problem, which puts thousands of lives at risk every year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>372,000 drowning fatalities per year (WHO, 2016),<\/li>\n<li>1,000,000 rescues per year (ILSF, 2016),<\/li>\n<li>Few victims are ever wearing a lifejacket (CDC, 2016).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A frequent risk for lifesavers is being pulled under the water by a drowning person. Therefore, the project intent is to improve lifesaver safety; the robot will save a person from drowning before the lifesaver begins to rescue them from the water. Passive lifesaving robots exist, such as the EMILY robotic buoy <u>(<\/u><a href=\"http:\/\/emilyrobot.com\/portfolio-gallery\/photo-gallery\/\"><u>http:\/\/emilyrobot.com\/portfolio-gallery\/photo-gallery\/<\/u><\/a><u> )<\/u>, but none exist to actively save lives.<br \/>\nThe project aim will be to; design, build and test a working prototype of a marine lifesaving robot, to actively secure casualties in the water. The team will accomplish this by achieving the following:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Literature review of drowning casualties, existing lifesaving techniques and technology and the human body form whilst drowning,<\/li>\n<li>Define the anthropometric maxima and minima for an identified human group at risk of drowning for the robotic device to wrap around,<\/li>\n<li>Design a robotic mechanism to aid lifeguards in securing drowning casualties,<\/li>\n<li>Research and develop a sensing and control system to allow the device to work semi-autonomously,<\/li>\n<li>Build a working prototype of the design,<\/li>\n<li>Perform a realistic, in-depth testing procedure on the device.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-595\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/12\/transformer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-595\" src=\"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/12\/transformer-300x168.png\" alt=\"CAD Design details\" width=\"459\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/12\/transformer-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/12\/transformer-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/maritimeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/363\/2016\/12\/transformer.png 819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CAD Design details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Transformers GDP is a team of eight\u00a0fourth year engineers: seven of whom are mechanical engineers with one aeronautical student. The project is supervised by Dr Nick Townsend from FSI. 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