A networked telerobotic observatory for collaborative remote observation of avian activity and range change

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 56-61

  Faridani, Siamak ^a   Lee, Bryce ^a   Glasscock, Selma ^b   Rappole, John ^c   Song, Dezhen ^d   Goldberg, Ken ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Welder Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

^c Roger Tory Peterson Institute   (United States)

^d Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^e UC Berkeley School of Information   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomous camera; Citizen science; Frame selection; Networked robot cameras

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; OBSERVATORIES; WELDING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR; AUTONOMOUS CAMERA; CITIZEN SCIENCE; FRAME SELECTION; NETWORKED ROBOT; NETWORKED ROBOT CAMERA; REMOTE OBSERVATION; ROBOT CAMERAS; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; TELE-ROBOTICS;

CAMERAS;

EID: 80051510927     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20091006-3-us-4006.00010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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