Project to track endagered animals with UAVs wins at 4th Upgrade
By: Times News Service
(From left) Dr Saif Al Hiddabi, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation for Research and Innovation and Talal Saeed Al Mamari, CEO of Omantel
Muscat: A project on ‘Tracking Endangered Animals in the Wild using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles’, prepared by Younis Al Jadeedi, Mohammed Al Sarhani and Muhannad Al Rumaidhi from Sultan Qaboos University is among the three winners of this year’s Upgrade.
The primary objective of the project is to develop a system to recognise the endangered animals in the reserves. The system utilises unmanned aerial vehicles and artificial intelligence.