Snotbot’ creators develop new use for drones in whale research The second in a trilogy of articles on innovative drones for conservation.  Explore the first article, on drones saving island ecosystems here. All images courtesy Ocean Alliance. By DRONELIFE Features Editor Jim Magill Ocean Alliance, the scientific research and conservation group that pioneered the use of … [Read more...] about Ocean Alliance Develops New Use for Drones in Whale Research: Non-invasive Tagging
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Drones At Sea: The Highs & Lows of a Parley SnotBot Expedition
If you follow how drones are being used in the world of conservation, you will have heard about Ocean Alliance by now. The Massachusetts-based marine conservation organization has pioneered a new way of collecting biological samples from whales in the form of SnotBot. These adapted drones act as flying Petri dishes, hovering above whales as they come up to the surface to … [Read more...] about Drones At Sea: The Highs & Lows of a Parley SnotBot Expedition
DroneBlocks and Ocean Alliance Team Up On SnotBot App
We've reported a number of times on the fantastic work undertaken by Ocean Alliance, a marine conservation organization using drones to study whales at sea. Ocean Alliance's Dr Iain Kerr devised a way to capture biological data from whale's blows using adapted DJI aircraft. 'Flying Petri Dish' isn't very catchy, so they named the concept SnotBot instead. Previously Kerr's … [Read more...] about DroneBlocks and Ocean Alliance Team Up On SnotBot App
Ocean Alliance and FlightWave Aero Trial Fixed-Wing Drone for Whale Research
Our friends at Ocean Alliance have been pioneering the use of drones for marine research for quite some time. But until very recently, those drones were essentially off-the-shelf quadcopters, modified to be flying Petri dishes capable of collecting whale snot without disturbing the animals. These flying 'SnotBots' gather biological data that gives researchers an insight into … [Read more...] about Ocean Alliance and FlightWave Aero Trial Fixed-Wing Drone for Whale Research
Ocean Alliance: Drones, Whales & Intel
We've been closely following the work of Ocean Alliance for a while now. The marine conservation organization first came to our attention with its ingenious, drone-powered data gathering solution: SnotBot. Silly name, brilliant concept. SnotBot is essentially a modified drone that hovers above whales in the wild to collect valuable samples from their blows. Think of them as … [Read more...] about Ocean Alliance: Drones, Whales & Intel
