Updates
News
Media coverage and project updates from the field, the lab, and occasional appearances in the press.
2024
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Research showcased on ABC News
Antarctic moss as a climate signal: ABC News covered our drone-based monitoring of the continent's miniature moss forests, and what the shifts in those forests reveal about thousands of years of climate change.
Read on ABC News
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Bunger Hills field campaign featured on SBS News
SBS News followed our targeted drone surveys at Bunger Hills, one of the most remote corners of East Antarctica, where we are mapping biodiversity hidden between rock outcrops.
Read on SBS News
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Deep-field UAV operations covered by QUT News
QUT highlighted the team's first-of-their-kind UAV and ground surveys deep into Antarctica, run jointly with SAEF and the Australian Antarctic Division.
Read on QUT News
2023
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Antarctic ecosystem mapping workflow on QUT News
A new workflow combining drones, hyperspectral imaging, and machine learning to map and monitor vegetation across Antarctica's protected regions.
Read on QUT News
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Antarctic moss monitoring featured in The Conversation
A field-side write-up of our Antarctic moss campaigns: drones, MossCam, smart sensors, and the AI that ties them together.
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QUT Media: drones detect Antarctic moss beds and climate change
QUT covered the team's summer of drone-based moss mapping in the Australian Antarctic Territory, run with the Australian Antarctic Division.
Read on QUT News
2022
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Featured on the SAEF site ahead of CASEY 2022/23 expedition
Profiled by Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future as part of the team heading to Casey Station to detect moss beds with drones, hyperspectral sensors, and machine learning.
Read on SAEF
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QUT homepage feature for the Master of Robotics and AI
Showcased on the QUT homepage promoting the new Master of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.
Read on QUT
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Spot the robot dog as a digital cartographer of historical sites
Working with Prof. Felipe Gonzalez to turn a Boston Dynamics Spot into a remote-sensing platform for heritage and challenging environments. Covered by QUT News and the Courier Mail.
Read on QUT News
2021
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PhD thesis: autonomous decision-making onboard drones
Submitted a thesis establishing a framework that raises cognitive levels in small UAVs, enabling autonomous navigation in partially observable environments and validated on simulated search and rescue tasks.
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Best Team Award from QUT Centre for Robotics
Recognised with the Best Team Award by the QUT Centre for Robotics for collaborative research output across the year.
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Featured in QCR's promotional video
Project work featured in the QUT Centre for Robotics promotional video alongside other QCR research.
Read on LinkedIn
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Autonomous UAV for planetary exploration and biosignatures
Our 2021 OpenCV AI Competition team built an autonomous drone that detects biosignatures (mud cracks) and approaches them for closer inspection, advancing the search for early signs of life off-world.
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OpenCV AI Competition Phase 1 finalist
Selected as a Phase 1 finalist in the OpenCV AI Competition with the QUT Space White Belly Sea Eagles team, representing Region 3.
Read on OpenCV
2019
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AI from the reef to the cloud
Profiled for using drones and machine learning to monitor Great Barrier Reef health, with image analysis pushed to cloud infrastructure.
Read on QUT
2018
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Drone technology plants seed for stopping weed invasions
Drones, AI, and high-resolution cameras used to detect and map an aggressive weed invading Queensland's coastal dunes.
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Invasive weed detection on dunes
Biosecurity Queensland coverage of automated bitou bush detection trialled along the Sunshine Coast and North Shore.
Read on Biosecurity Queensland
2017
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Monitoring coral bleaching using hyperspectral cameras and drones
QUT and the Australian Institute of Marine Science partnered to test small drones, hyperspectral cameras, and machine learning for faster, finer-grained Great Barrier Reef surveys.
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Drones used to monitor reefs
Coverage of drone-based reef management trials and how UAV remote sensing fits into long-term reef monitoring.