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Artificial intelligence-guided shark detection drones are the next step in beach safety
Surfers know they share the waters they love with sharks, but technology may soon offer some added protection from a possible encounter.
Key points:
- Autonomous drones don’t require a line-of-sight operator
- Technology is almost at a point where sharks can be reliably detected and identified in real-time from drones using artificial intelligence
- Autonomous surveillance would allow drones to patrol for longer periods over longer stretches of coastline
According to Southern Cross University researcher Andrew Colefax, the day is nearing that autonomous drones — which do not require a line-of-sight operator — will be able to offer shark detection at any point along the coastline.
He has…
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