Israeli autonomous drone manufacturer Airobotics has signed its first contract with Zzapp Malaria, the creators of an AI platform that develops and supports Malaria eradication strategies, the company announced Monday.
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Malaria is a preventable disease spread by the Anopheles mosquito. According to the WHO (World Health Organization), there are over 220 million cases of Malaria every year, causing over 400,000 deaths – 67% of which are children under five.
Airobotics will use autonomous drones to provide fast, detailed mapping of standing water bodies in São Tomé. The mapping will enable Zzapp Malaria's AI platform to analyze the water bodies and to identify and predict mosquito breeding grounds. Zzapp will then create and monitor an efficient strategy to disrupt mosquito breeding in these areas, eliminating the carrier and eradicating malaria in the area.
Zzapp Malaria plans to automate the breeding ground disruption process itself, using Airobotics drones to spray mosquito breeding grounds.
