Conservation Drones Teaser The mission of this website is to
share our knowledge for building low-cost Conservation Drones to
help conservation workers and researchers in developing
countries do their jobs a lot more effectively and cost
efficiently. Of course, we recognize that there are highly
sophisticated commercial UAV systems in the market and in use by
the military, agricultural industry, and even the film industry.
But most of them cost tens of thousands of dollars. Instead, we
choose to adapt an autopilot hardware/software system developed
by an online community of hobbyists and developers
(diydrones.com) to build our Conservation Drones. Our emphasis
is on low-cost. The challenge we give ourselves is to build
drones that cost no more than a decent pair of field binoculars.
These drones could also potentially be adapted for other
environmental applications. What are Conservation Drones?
Conservation Drones are inexpensive, autonomous and operator-
friendly unmanned aerial vehicles for surveying and ma