China shows a military drone that fires darts to inject medicine into the wounded

China's Air Force Medical University has developed a drone that finds wounded people and injects emergency medicine into their muscles with a dart, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Wednesday. Wang Jianqi, a representative of the university, said it is the Chinese military's first drone for searching for casualties.

Wang said the drone can deliver medicine from a long distance and could keep soldiers stable until medical teams reach them. Footage shown with the report had a drone releasing a dart towards a soldier lying on the ground.

“Wherever our drone can fly, we can deliver life-saving emergency medication into a wounded person's muscle,” Wang said. Interesting Engineering reports that Chinese researchers are also looking at ways to move wounded personnel with aerial and ground robots.