TurtleTech: Sea Turtle Surveillance By Edge Computing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

PI M. Ilhan Akbas

To better understand the behavior of multiple sea turtle species along Florida’s Space Coast, we teamed up with Northrop Grumman and the Brevard Zoo to launch a drone-based surveillance effort.

To better understand the behavior of multiple sea turtle species along Florida’s Space Coast, we teamed up with Northrop Grumman and the Brevard Zoo to launch a drone-based surveillance effort. The Turtle Tech project, leveraging two different unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), aim to provide conservation insights by fine-tuning the operations and computer vision systems for identification of individual sea turtles, including their species, gender and even unique markings.

Researchers

  • M. Ilhan Akbas

    M. Ilhan Akbas

    Department
    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dept
    Degrees
    Ph.D., University of Central Florida