Re: [Paparazzi-devel] Introduction Dutch UAS

[kitso]

Hi Pascal,

Cool that you are working on a paparazzi UAS for wildlife research. What 
exactly are you doing?

Last november we tested our first recognition system (we created it 
ourselves, based on some open source/existing methods) and it could find 
most of the rhinos in normal rgb pictures (after the flight, not in 
flight). From august / september we will start improving this again.

If you like you can put you in contact with Anouk, she has created the 
recognition system (send an email to address@hidden and I will make 
sure she gets it).

I am also curious about your work, maybe we can setup a meeting or a 
skype call?

Kind regards,
Kitso
Dutch UAS
address@hidden

Pascal Fust schreef op 2015-06-01 12:19:
> Hi Kitso,
>
> interestingly enough, I was just checking news on
> http://www.dutchuas.nl [3] looking for information about your project.
> I am currently working on paparazzi-based UAS for wildlife research -
> not focusing on rhinos or elephants ;-) - and I was wondering how far
> you would already have come with your object recognition system. Do
> you develop the system yourself or are you having other researchers
> involved working on that issue?
>
> I am very interested in your work, please keep me updated .
> Hopefully, we might cooperate more closely - for the sake of the
> endangered species in this world.
>
> Looking forward to hearing from you,
> Pascal
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Pascal Fust
> MSc Wildlife Biology and Conservation
> Leuphana University
> Centre for Methodology in Ecology
> Lueneburg, GERMANY
>
> 2015-06-01 11:52 GMT+02:00 <address@hidden>:
>
> > Dear all paparazzi creators,
> >
> > For about 1 year we have been working with paparazzi. Sometimes
> > frustrating, but most of the time we are very happy with it!
> >
> > I would like to introduce ourselves:
> > We are working on an autonomous airplane to help rangers in South
> > Africa to protect their wildlife (like the rhino and elephant). We
> > want to keep seeing these animals in the wild and believe that
> > everyone should have that chance. Since these animals are being
> > poached at alarming and still increasing rates (every day 3 rhinos
> > are killed, every 15 min an elephant dies because of poachers) we
> > have to do something very fast.
> >
> > That is why we create a drone to help rangers cover the large
> > national parks where the rhinos and elephants live. For this drone
> > it is extremely important that it flies (almost) fully autonomous,
> > since these rangers are not trained uav pilots. This is were
> > paparazzi comes in off course.
> >
> > I will send a couple of other mails (with their own subject) about
> > some questions and experiences we have with paparazzi. Hopefully our
> > experiences can help us all, and maybe you can help us with our
> > questions.
> >
> > We are looking forward to getting to know you.
> >
> > Kind regards
> > Kitso Epema
> > Dutch UAS
> > www.savetherhino.nl [1]
> >
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