Autonomous Airplanes: Project Updates
Flight Testing for Vaquita Aerial Surveys
We recently completed initial flight testing of the fixed-wing aerial platform we will deploy in Mexico to survey vaquita, a critically-endangered porpoise. Our platform consists of a modified 3D Robotics Aero plane outfitted with a Sony QX1 camera f...
Test of Aerial Imaging Resolution for Aerial Surveys of Vaquita
One of the goals of the vaquita project is to use low-cost, unmanned planes to do aerial surveys of the Vaquita Refuge and surrounding areas in order to provide visual evidence of vaquita outside the refuge. Visual sightings will provide support ...