Quickly predict flood damage with drones and AI June 7th, 13th
With drones and AI = artificial intelligence, a technology has been developed that predicts flood damage in the event of heavy rain in a short period of time, and is expected to be used by local governments for flood damage control.
A group of companies such as Arithmer, a Tokyo venture company that develops AI using mathematics, and the University of Tokyo, have developed technology that uses drones and AI to predict how water will be inundated in the event of flood damage. ..
Create a 3D map from drone survey data, and calculate inundation damage with AI that predicts water flow. Predicting inundation damage usually takes months to years, but with this technology, it is possible to eject predictions in centimeters within an hour.
Because it can be connected to the inundation measures such as hospitals and houses and the securing of safe evacuation measures, Hirono-cho, Fukushima Prefecture, which was damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, decided to use this technology, and other municipalities It means that the number of inquiries is increasing.
Yoshihiro Ota, president of Arithmer, said, “The inundation of hospitals and shelters may spread the infection of the new coronavirus, so we would like to call on local governments to utilize the technology.”