Rescue by robot: A swimming pool in Germany uses AI to prevent drowning


By AGENCY
  • Living
  • Sunday, 25 Jun 2023

Shahabeddin wears a smartwatch in the Kleinfeldchen indoor pool that shows him how many people are currently swimming in the sports pool.

WHEN people drown, there is rarely a lot of splashing and screaming, despite what films show. It is not always easy to tell when someone runs into serious trouble in the water.

One German swimming pool is testing a monitoring system using artificial intelligence (AI) to try and save swimmers’ lives.

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