Autonomous Wind-driven Devices for Acoustic and Visual Sensing

Oshen设计用于海洋传感的风力驱动的自主水面船只。风力发电的自主控制和使用使我们的设备能够收集精确的数据，比现有的解决方案更具成本效益。长度仅1.2米，我们的设计类似于一艘微型帆船。体积小，单位成本低，允许设备快速部署，为海洋生物多样性的持续监测提供了传感器网络。在日益依赖海洋数据的世界中，这种整体技术有助于解决数据稀疏的问题。该项目旨在研究在沿海沃茨使用这些设备进行两种应用的可行性：声学测量和视觉数据集收集。声学勘测可行性的主要重点将是海洋哺乳动物探测，视觉数据集收集的主要重点将是海鸟探测和识别。该项目将有三个主要阶段：首先，将传感器的物理硬件集成到我们现有的设备中，包括电子系统集成（确保传感器工作并链接回定制的人工智能软件）。第二阶段是一个小型测试，其中一个设备被部署在东海岸的一个地区：例如，斯卡伯勒，那里的海洋哺乳动物，如港鼠海豚很常见，但海上交通密度较低。最终的更大规模、更长持续时间的测试将在东海岸沿着更广泛的区域内使用多达10个设备进行。在这个地区是觅食范围繁殖海鸟从弗兰博洛头和本普顿悬崖特别保护区（SPA），特别是北方塘鹅_桑。在海洋哺乳动物中，港湾鼠海豚和小须鲸是最有可能在这一地区发现的种群。将对这次测试产生的数据进行处理，并用于验证这些装置识别海洋生物的能力，并审查收集视觉数据集的可行性。

Oshen designs wind-driven, autonomous surface vessels for marine sensing. The autonomous control and use of wind power allow our devices to gather precise data that is significantly more cost-effective than existing solutions. Just 1.2m in length, our design resembles a miniature sailboat. The small size keeps the unit cost low and allows devices to be quickly deployed en-masse, providing a sensor network for continuous monitoring of marine biodiversity. This holistic technology helps solve the problem of data sparsity in a world that is becoming increasingly reliant on ocean data.This project aims to investigate the feasibility of using these devices in coastal waters for two applications: acoustic surveying and visual dataset collection. The primary focus of the acoustic survey feasibility will be marine mammal detection and the primary focus of the visual dataset collection will be seabird detection and identification. There will be three overarching stages to the project: first, the physical hardware integration of the sensors into our existing devices, including the electronic systems integration (ensuring the sensors work and link back to bespoke AI software). The second stage is a small test, where one device is deployed in an area off the East coast: for example, Scarborough, where marine mammals such as harbour porpoises are common but marine traffic has a lower density. The final larger scale, longer duration test will be conducted with up to ten devices covering a broader area along the East coast. In this area lies the foraging range for breeding seabirds from Flamborough Head & Bempton Cliffs Special Protection Area (SPA), notably northern gannet _Morus bassanus_. Among marine mammals, harbour porpoise and minke whales are the populations most likely to be identified in this area. The data resulting from this test will be processed and used to validate the ability of the devices to identify marine life and to examine the feasibility of collecting visual datasets.