Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140100896

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140100896

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Biologically-inspired detection, pursuit and interception of moving objects by unmanned aircraft systems. Although it is well known that aggressive honeybees are very effective at detecting, pursuing and intercepting moving targets, this behaviour has never been studied quantitatively. This project will use high-speed video cinematography to investigate this behaviour, to develop visual algorithms for the detection of moving targets, and to create dynamical models of the mechanisms that control pursuit. The resulting algorithms will be incorporated into unmanned aerial vehicles for detecting, monitoring and tracking other objects in the sky, and their performance will be evaluated. The results will provide a better understanding of the biological basis of pursuit behaviour, as well as lead to novel technologies for aerial surveillance and safety.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 31-12-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $430,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Animal Behaviour | Sensory Systems | Control Systems, Robotics and Automation

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Emerging Defence Technologies | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Animal Behaviour | Control Systems, Robotics and Automation | Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Emerging Defence Technologies | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Sensory Systems

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