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Dr Dante Kalise

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Mathematics

Reader in Computational Optimisation and Control
 
 
 
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742Huxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{King:2023:10.1111/2041-210x.14049,
author = {King, AJ and Portugal, SJ and Strömbom, D and Mann, RP and Carrillo, JA and Kalise, D and de, Croon G and Barnett, H and Scerri, P and Groß, R and Chadwick, DR and Papadopoulou, M},
doi = {10.1111/2041-210x.14049},
journal = {Methods in Ecology and Evolution},
pages = {479--486},
title = {Biologically inspired herding of animal groups by robots},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14049},
volume = {14},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - A single sheepdog can bring together and manoeuvre hundreds of sheep from one location to another. Engineers and ecologists are fascinated by this sheepdog herding because of the potential it provides for ‘bio-herding’: a biologically inspired herding of animal groups by robots. Although many herding algorithms have been proposed, most are studied via simulation.There are a variety of ecological problems where management of wild animal groups is currently impossible, dangerous and/or costly for humans to manage directly, and which may benefit from bio-herding solutions.Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) now deliver significant benefits to the economy and society. Here, we suggest the use of UAVs for bio-herding. Given their mobility and speed, UAVs can be used in a wide range of environments and interact with animal groups at sea, over the land and in the air.We present a potential roadmap for achieving bio-herding using a pair of UAVs. In our framework, one UAV performs ‘surveillance’ of animal groups, informing the movement of a second UAV that herds them. We highlight the promise and flexibility of a paired UAV approach while emphasising its practical and ethical challenges. We start by describing the types of experiments and data required to understand individual and collective responses to UAVs. Next, we describe how to develop appropriate herding algorithms. Finally, we describe the integration of bio-herding algorithms into software and hardware architecture.
AU  - King,AJ
AU  - Portugal,SJ
AU  - Strömbom,D
AU  - Mann,RP
AU  - Carrillo,JA
AU  - Kalise,D
AU  - de,Croon G
AU  - Barnett,H
AU  - Scerri,P
AU  - Groß,R
AU  - Chadwick,DR
AU  - Papadopoulou,M
DO  - 10.1111/2041-210x.14049
EP  - 486
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 2041-210X
SP  - 479
TI  - Biologically inspired herding of animal groups by robots
T2  - Methods in Ecology and Evolution
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.14049
UR  - https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.14049
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/101586
VL  - 14
ER  -
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