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AI and machine learning, combined with satellite-based tracking, are supporting research into migratory birds and mammals
At the heart of the ICARUS AI project is the further development of ICARUS tracking technology, which is currently being used successfully in research on migratory birds and mammals.
The animals are fitted with an ICARUS tag. The tag records the animal’s GPS coordinates at regular intervals. When the International Space Station (ISS) passes overhead, the tag transmits the collected GPS coordinates to the ISS, where they are stored and processed.
The aim of the new ICARUS AI project is to develop algorithms and methods that will enable the current weight of the ICARUS tag, which is 5 grams, to be reduced further. New methods of signal processing and object tracking are to be explicitly supplemented by machine learning techniques. Reducing the tag’s weight would make it possible to tag increasingly smaller animals, thereby gaining ever new insights into the migratory behaviour of animals on Earth.
Project partners
Partner
- University of the German Armed Forces, Munich
Other participating institutions
- Max Planck Institute for Animal Behaviour (Prof. Martin Wickelski)
- Chair of Signal Processing at the University of the German Armed Forces, Munich (Prof. Andreas Knopp)
