QUT artificial intelligence to analyze drone footage of bushfire-surviving koalas on Kangaroo Island

June 18 2020 - 3:15pm
QUT ecologist Associate Professor Grant Hamilton pictured on a fireground near Noosa will use drone footage to determine koala populations after bushfires. Credit: QUT
QUT ecologist Associate Professor Grant Hamilton pictured on a fireground near Noosa will use drone footage to determine koala populations after bushfires. Credit: QUT

QUT researchers will apply their artificial intelligence (AI) system that uses drones and infrared imaging in a collaborative project to count Kangaroo Island's surviving koala population after the recent devastating bushfires.