Use of drones in disaster areas. Disaster areas are where drones play an active role.
This is what DAIYASERVICE has been thinking since it launched drone business, and it is the driving force for corporate continuity. This time, I would like to explain why our company is so particular about disaster response.
As you know, Japan is a disaster country. In particular, the climate has clearly changed over the past few years, and major natural disasters have occurred almost every year. Every year, precious lives are lost.
We can’t go on like this. I have to do something about it. This is probably what most people think. However, there are few people who can actually take action. No, to be exact, I think that the disaster response in Japan is very hard by individuals. The large number of volunteers is especially impressive.
But is it really OK as it is? Japan, with its declining birthrate and aging population, cannot always depend on people. I personally don’t like the idea of relying on volunteers. Volunteer means to help people spontaneously, but at least I don’t think it’s a recruitment. (I personally think it is not good for the country to recruit volunteers free of charge for the Olympics.)
In the future when it will be difficult to rely on people, it will be absolutely essential to have assistance from robots. “drones are flying robots” is the way we think about diamond services. If that is the case, we believe it would be better to put more robots into the field of disaster prevention, disaster prevention and mitigation.
On the other hand, this field of disaster prevention / disaster / disaster reduction is one of the least obvious areas. Many Japanese people are especially kind and help each other when they are in trouble. No one is willing to pay for it because of its good intentions. From a corporate perspective, getting into a place where you don’t make money is the same as making a deficit.
Looking back calmly from that perspective, it may be that we, DAIYASERVCE is doing the wrong thing for corporate management. However, as mentioned above, somebody has to do it because it won’t stop the declining birthrate and aging population. Fortunately, we have a leading robot business called drone. Also, even if you say that you use a drone in the event of a disaster, there is no way that a person who does not know the disaster can actually fly the drone at the disaster site (the most important thing is to do a secondary disaster).
The staff members who agreed with my strong feelings about the disaster were paramedic and former self-defense officers. When I realized, it was exactly an organization created for this disaster response. And because it is this member, I think that I have received several requests for dispatch as a drone unit in the event of a disaster at the national level.
Next time I would like to talk about our specific disaster response efforts.