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Towards an Autonomous Vision-Based Unmanned Aerial System against Wildlife Poachers
Olivares Mendez, Miguel Angel; Fu, Changhong; Ludivig, Philippe et al.
2015In Sensors, 15 (12), p. 29861
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Keywords :
unmanned aerial vehicles; computer vision; animal tracking; face detection; vision-based control; object following; autonomous navigation; autonomous landing; anti-poaching
Abstract :
[en] Poaching is an illegal activity that remains out of control in many countries. Based on the 2014 report of the United Nations and Interpol, the illegal trade of global wildlife and natural resources amounts to nearly $213 billion every year, which is even helping to fund armed conflicts. Poaching activities around the world are further pushing many animal species on the brink of extinction. Unfortunately, the traditional methods to fight against poachers are not enough, hence the new demands for more efficient approaches. In this context, the use of new technologies on sensors and algorithms, as well as aerial platforms is crucial to face the high increase of poaching activities in the last few years. Our work is focused on the use of vision sensors on UAVs for the detection and tracking of animals and poachers, as well as the use of such sensors to control quadrotors during autonomous vehicle following and autonomous landing.
Disciplines :
Aerospace & aeronautics engineering
Author, co-author :
Olivares Mendez, Miguel Angel ;  University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Fu, Changhong;  Technical University of Madrid (UPM) > Computer Vision Group
Ludivig, Philippe;  University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Bissyande, Tegawendé François D Assise  ;  University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Kannan, Somasundar ;  University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Zurad, Maciej ;  University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Annaiyan, Arun ;  University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Voos, Holger  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT)
Campoy, Pascual;  Technical University of Madrid (UPM) > Computer Vision Group
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Towards an Autonomous Vision-Based Unmanned Aerial System against Wildlife Poachers
Publication date :
12 December 2015
Journal title :
Sensors
ISSN :
1424-8220
Special issue title :
UAV Sensors for Environmental Monitoring
Volume :
15
Issue :
12
Pages :
29861
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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