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Physics World Stories
Drones, AI and the future of wildlife conservation
Conservation Biology, Ecology and Machine Learning podcast with Blair Costelloe, Camille Rondeau Saint-Jean and William Njoroge
Physics World Stories, Hosted by Andrew Glester
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Andrew Glester explores how drones, robotics and machine learning support wildlife research and conservation. Blair Costelloe discusses the WildDrone and WildBotics networks and the Mara Elephant Project; Camille Rondeau Saint-Jean describes real-time animal monitoring; William Njoroge explains how Ol Pejeta Conservancy combines drones with established conservation methods. The episode considers population data, field constraints, regulation and collaboration across disciplines.
Topics
dronesRoboticsMachine Learningwildlife researchWildDroneWildBoticsMara Elephant Projectreal-time animal monitoringOl Pejeta Conservancy