SoCal Lab Testing Autonomous Air Ambulance

CBS 5 – San Francisco

Researchers in California are developing an autonomous drone ambulance that could help get people to a hospital or out of harm’s way in an emergency.

It is designed to rapidly fly a patient to a hospital or rendezvous point with a doctor. 

Researchers envision the vehicle transporting people facing medical emergencies like heart attacks or strokes and airlifting injured or trapped victims from hard to reach disaster zones including wildfire or flood zones.

Sensors inside monitor the patient’s vital signs during flight.With a one of a kind wall, researchers are simulating nearly every weather condition to test how the drone responds.