Researchers at #ETHZurich, @WSL_research and SPYGEN have partnered to develop a special drone that can autonomously collect samples on tree branches. 🌳 ethz.ch/en/news-and-ev…

I have been invited to give a talk to the very successful Robot Talk podcast. Find here the link to the podcast if you are keen to hear about future #drones inspired by the #dandelions, viz on the #dandidrone ! ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-thirty… voilab.eng.ed.ac.uk/dandidrone European Research Council (ERC)

#PostDoc position! The Environmental Robotics Lab welcomes applications for a postdoctoral fellowship on robotics methods for the collection of environmental DNA. The aim is to automate the monitoring of biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOPG_…

Surveying the #rainforest for #biodiversity using #drones 🌳🌴 SEC hosted Prof. Stefano Mintchev on 4 April, as he presented his team's novel way of collecting environmental data. His team will be taking part in the XPRIZE Rainforest Challenge in May in 🇸🇬

The ETH BiodivX team is off to Singapore, ready to tackle the XPRIZE Rainforest Challenge.

We are preparing for the big day on Monday. We begin a 24-hour race to identify as many #rainforest species as we can using using bots and drones to gather: • Photos • Video • Sound • Physical samples In the name of creating new tools to monitor #biodiversity with @XPRIZE

We're ready – tomorrow our drones take flight in @XPRIZE #rainforest #Singapore

🧬 In the last 24 hours, ETH BiodivX's rovers and drones sampled #eDNA and images through the dense canopy of tropical forests of Singapore. Next up: 48h data analysis phase! Join our #CitizenScience workshop, and be part of our XPRIZE journey. Visit: tinyurl.com/xprizerf

In vista di una competizione da 10 milioni di dollari, una squadra di ETH Zürich ha testato dei droni per la raccolta di campioni di DNA ambientale (#eDNA). s.swissin.fo/T5c7FEI #biodiversità Dr Kristy Deiner Stefano Mintchev XPRIZE Zoo Zürich

An interesting article describing the wonderful collaboration with Dr Kristy Deiner and Zoo Zürich to bring robotics and eDNA technologies together for biodiversity monitoring! 🤖🧬 #Robotics #eDNA #biodiversity swissinfo.ch/eng/drones-cap…

The Straits Times speaks with ETH Zurich professors Stefano Mintchev & Dr Kristy Deiner on ETH BiodivX as a finalist in the XPRIZE Rainforest competition. #xprizerainforest

Twitter's iconic bird isn't the only one disappearing. Today, one in eight bird species are at risk of extinction. But we can save them and their habitats – benefiting people and nature across the globe. RT to spread the word! #TwitterX#TwitterLogo

#XPRIZERainforest Finals in Amazonas! No better place on earth to put tech for biodiversity to the test!

SPEAR - New Horizon Europe project: Aerial robots self-evolve and train to fit their mission and environment! NTNU AutonomousRobotsLab MAVLab - TU Delft George Nikolakopoulos Luleå tekniska universitet VU Faculteit der Bètawetenschappen imec BruBotics VUB Bram Vanderborght ETH Zurich Stefano Mintchev AU Air Lab VoxelSensors Biodrone KEMEA

🛸 E Aucone, Stefano Mintchev, and collaborators present a traversal #control strategy that considers a #drone’s morphology and an obstacle’s compliance to decide between circumventing it or pushing it aside. #Engineering ETH Zürich Nature Communications nature.com/articles/s4146…

Congratulations to Emanuele Aucone! Forbes #30Under30 Europe just named him to their 2024 list in Science. Emanuele is a doctoral student of environmental robotics and uses drones to collect eDNA for biodiversity monitoring. #eDNA #EnvironmentalRobotics brnw.ch/21wIGuD