By akademiotoelektronik, 30/05/2022
$350,000 grant for Lux Aerobot Le Lac-St-Jean
Alma-Alma Lux Aeorebot receives a $350,000 grant from the Canadian Space Agency. A sum that the space robotics company intends to invest in developing a new automatic learning model that can more effectively combat forest fires.?
"automatic learning models are artificial intelligence models," said Katrina Albert, co-founder of lux Aerobot with Dolmissois Vincent Lachance.
It argues that this technology will allow faster analysis of images captured by the cameras used in stratospheric balloons designed by Lux Aerobot.
Currently, it is necessary to wait for images to be transmitted to computers on Earth before they can be analyzed. A step that can be avoided since the new automatic learning model will be able to do the work directly on board the balloons.
"the models will analyze forest fire images as soon as they are taken by balloons. So we're going to find out more quickly where the forest fires are, and we can also do a predictive analysis of where they're headed. "
This will make the task easier for the authorities on the ground as they will only receive information already processed, continues Katrina Albert, adding that "they will really have the relevant information. "
Ultimately, this means that the magnitude of forest fires can be reduced, as can the damage to property and the environment for which they are responsible.
The $350,000 grant was awarded to Lux Aerobot under the Canadian Space Agency's UtiliTerre Program, a program dedicated to Earth observation application development activities.
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