Robots to the rescue: The German swimming pool testing AI lifeguards

Shahabeddin Khatibi, a pool attendant, stands under an AI camera in the Kleinfeldchen indoor pool. The indoor pool uses the Lynxight monitoring system, which uses cameras and artificial intelligence to detect if someone is drowning. — dpa

WIESBADEN, Germany: 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.