Professor Ulrik Pagh Schultz Lundquist is Head of SDU UAS. He primarily conducts research on high-level software abstractions for aerial, mobile, and self-organizing robots, with a focus on safety, reliability and robustness. He is Coordinator of the MSCA Doctoral Network 'WildDrone' (www.wilddrone.eu), which aims to revolutionize wildlife conservation practices by using autonomous drone technology as a unifying platform to monitor wildlife populations, track their movements, and manage human-wildlife conflicts. The SDU UAS Center brings together experts in robotics, computer vision, physics, software engineering, mechanical engineering, and cyber-physical systems to focus on research, education, innovation, and collaboration in the UAS domain. The SDU UAS Center maintains and operates a state-of-the-art UAS lab at a nearby airport, as well as 867 km2 of airspace, dedicated to drones for research, education, test flights, and community outreach activities.

Mechanical engineering

SDU UAS is open to projects that wants to utilize drones for wildlife monitoring and biodiversity data collection. We are interested in developing new autonomous systems and expand current software capabilities, and in combining these advances to create practical tools for visual inspection and monitoring of wildlife populations, movement, behaviour, and habitats in complex field settings. We are particurlarly interested in develop our technology in close cooperation with experienced conservation practitioners, and testing it in real-life settings.

drones, wildlife monitoring, data collection, aerial monitoring, inspection

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