New high-tech robot will solve the mystery of depths up to 200 meters, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation gets a powerful partner

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has now made a significant step towards facilitating underwater search and rescue activities to become more convenient and technologically advanced. The corporation has made the introduction of a robotic device that can search up to a depth of 200 meters below the water surface. The device is named Deep Tracker Remote-Operated Vehicle (ROV). This robot can be employed to locate objects dropped into rivers or canals, to take out drowned bodies, and to locate weapons or evidence discarded into the water due to any criminal activity.

If we discuss the specialty of this robot, then this robot is fitted with a mechanical grabber and a camera. It can be operated at a distance. This robot can operate even in low light or visibility. Besides this, this robot can grasp objects of up to 100 kg.

Om Jadeja, Divisional Fire Officer of AMC's Fire and Emergency Department, informed that a third-party agency gave a demo of this device. He said that we called some nearby rescue teams and put an object in the water. With the help of this robot, it was searched up to a depth of 200 meters. This device runs on sonar technology and is very effective.

Along with this, it has been told about this robot that till now, the fire brigade did not have any such device, so many times divers or firefighters themselves had to get into the water in dangerous situations and do a manual search. With the help of this robot, now both speed and safety will be ensured in such operations.

AMC is planning to purchase this equipment to further improve the rescue capability of the fire department. More such devices can be added in the future. It is worth noting that on Friday, AMC also organized a mock drill at Nexus One Mall, in which many emergency agencies participated.