Reef Guidance System
Restoring the Great Barrier Reef at scale means deploying millions of coral seeding devices each year, and putting each one where it has the best chance to survive.
Why it matters
Coral seeding devices are currently deployed by hand, about ten thousand each year, while the ambition is millions. Our Reef Guidance System images the seafloor from a vessel, analyses each image in real time, and decides whether to dispense a device at that spot.
The same perception expertise supports automated monitoring of coral spawn and larvae and robotic assessment of coral recruits in aquaculture, both critical steps in scaling restoration.
Team
Members of my group at the QUT Centre for Robotics and close collaborators.
Lead
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Former postdoc
Dorian Tsai
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Matthew Dunbabin
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