discussion / Biologging  / 29 January 2020

Curious about radio-tracking with drones?

Hi Everyone,

Laura from Wildlife Drones here. Thought I'd just hop on here to say hi! We're an Australian tech startup that aims to improve how animals are radio-tracked by using drone technology.  

You can see examples of our technology in action here:

How it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9M9jTwr8Lc

Radio-tracking Pangolins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R7bGkHyA_A&t=2s

If you have any questions about how our technology can works or how it might help you, comment on the thread and we'll try our best to answer it! Otherwise, feel free to send us an email at [email protected]

See you in the comments!




Hello. What are the advantages of drone tracking over conventional tracking methods?

Hi,

Does your system work with normal VHF tags or do you make a custom tag for use in your system?

Does the drone have to be piloted manually in a particular path or pattern in order to acquire the tags?

Or can your receiver be placed on say a fixed-wing high speed drone programmed to fly a lawn mower pattern to cover the maximum amount of area?

I'm also curious how you are doing the direction finding, since there are no visible antennas, but I understand if you'd rather not talk about this (c:

Interesting work, thanks.

-harold