Joe Chew in Front of the Coral Reef Mapping Robot
Coral Reef Mapping Robot
Coral reefs are the most precious and biodiverse ecosystem on the planet, the "nursery of the ocean". Human life depends on ocean health but coral reefs are rapidly dying. We need to study and protect coral reefs urgently. Traditionally divers take photographs and evaluate coral reefs by their size and colors. The Scoutbots team is developing an ocean drone that replaces divers, a laser apparatus that replaces the mechanical quadrat, and the images collected are assembled into a 3D map by computer programmes. This technology aims to be 10x more accurate, 50x faster and 200x cheaper than the current technology.
珊瑚礁是地球上最珍貴，生物最多樣化的生態系統，是海洋的守護者。人類的生命全賴海洋健康，但珊瑚礁近年卻急速死亡。研究和保育珊瑚礁，絕對刻不容緩。一直以來，潛水員都是深入海中拍攝珊瑚礁照片，再按珊瑚礁的體積及顏色進行評估。Scoutbots 團隊現時正在研發可以替代潛水員，深入海洋拍攝的無人機，以鐳射儀器取代機械空鉛裝置，再以電腦程式將拍下的影像整合成3D立體地圖。這項技術務求比現時的技術準確10倍，速度提升50倍，成本下降200倍。
brAIn Student Designers 學生設計師 CMF 陳文鋒 Lara Chan 陳泳琪 Chloe Chow 周咏恩 Frank Ho 何家俊 Melody Lam 林希橦 Peter Pun 潘展頡 Winnie Chung 鍾咏琛 Janice Wong 王瑋琳
