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Autonomous UAV sensor system for searching and locating VHF radio-tagged wildlife

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We consider the problem of tracking and localizing radio-tagged targets, a labor-intensive and time-consuming task necessary for wildlife conservation fieldwork. We design a lightweight sensor system for measurement of radio signal strength information from multiple radio tags. The sensor system is designed to suit low-cost, versatile, easy to operate multi-rotor UAVs. In this demo paper, we demonstrate our Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) sensor system for tracking and locating multiple VHF radio tags.

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  • (2022)FALCON: A Networked Drone System for Sensing, Localizing, and Approaching RF TargetsIEEE Internet of Things Journal10.1109/JIOT.2022.31523809:12(9843-9857)Online publication date: 15-Jun-2022
  • (2021)Review on methods used for wildlife species and individual identificationEuropean Journal of Wildlife Research10.1007/s10344-021-01549-468:1Online publication date: 13-Dec-2021

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      SenSys '18: Proceedings of the 16th ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
      November 2018
      449 pages
      ISBN:9781450359528
      DOI:10.1145/3274783
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      1. UAV
      2. localization
      3. radio-tag
      4. search
      5. wildlife

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      • Defense Science and Technology Group
      • Australian Research Council
      • Western Australia Parks and Wildlife
      • University of Adelaide's Unmanned Research Aircraft Facility

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      • (2022)FALCON: A Networked Drone System for Sensing, Localizing, and Approaching RF TargetsIEEE Internet of Things Journal10.1109/JIOT.2022.31523809:12(9843-9857)Online publication date: 15-Jun-2022
      • (2021)Review on methods used for wildlife species and individual identificationEuropean Journal of Wildlife Research10.1007/s10344-021-01549-468:1Online publication date: 13-Dec-2021

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