How Flying Robots Might Prevent Deforestation - Summary Draft #1

 By Chen Jian Yeow

Adapted from HTTP://MASHABLE.COM/2012/03/20/FLYING-ROBOTS-DEFORESTATION/

According to Morgen E. Peck(2012), flying drones are key in acting as a lookout to prevent and stop illegal activities in a forest. Illegal deforestation and fires were one of the events affecting the rainforest in Brazil. The article suggests that drug trafficking and mining were also made to be easier due to low-level surveillance in the rainforest. The article proposes the use of Quadrotor drones to navigate through the rainforests, acting as a lookout for illegal activities that are happening. The article mentions that the Quadrotor drones in 2012 were capable to fly from side to side, avoid obstacles and even learn and improve on the go. The Quadrotor drones are able to sense the environment without direct connection to other drones. The goal of this project is to reduce or stop illegal activities. However, one key concern would be that the drones could potentially cause harm to the wildlife that its suppose to protect.