The Impact of Covid-19 on Human Rescue Operations: A Review on Past Unmanned - Water Rescue Boats (U-Wrb) and Adopting Them to The New Norm Manuscript Received: 31 December 2021, Accepted: 16 January 2022, Published: 15 March 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33093/jetap.2022.4.1.2
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Drowning, COVID-19, flood, natural fibre composites, unmanned rescue boats

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Umar Nirmal
Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University
Alif Zulfakar
Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University
Saijod Lau Tze Way
Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Multimedia University
Mohd Megat Hamdan Bin Megat Ahmad
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National Defence University of Malaysia
Mohd Yuhazri Yaakob
Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology, University Technical Malaysia Melaka
Jasspeed Singh
Department of Foundation in Science and Engineering, Manipal International University
Mohd Fairozan
Uzone RC, Petaling Jaya

Abstract

Recently, the drowning cases of human beings are at an alarming rate. The current work presents a dedicated review on U-WRB for human rescue operations subjected to drowning. The review from year 1996 to 2018 highlights the key factors such as advantages and limitations of the developed U-WRB’s. Having completed the review, the work further proposes new research pathways that could be beneficial to the scientific community living in the new norm; COVID-19 where minimal contact between humans are of concern when it comes to human rescue operations. Possible new research pathways include but not limited to the type of sensors used, material selection, incorporation of state-of-the-art attachments to the U-WRB and customizable attachments to the main unit based on a given real time rescue operation are proposed.

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