Image Recognition
Australian researchers are launching a koala 'facial recognition' study that aims to better monitor the marsupials' behavior and ultimately aid in their conservation. The team from Griffith University is attempting to use artificial intelligence (AI) to recognize individual furry mammals when they use wildlife road crossings in Queensland state. Approximately 20 cameras will be placed at koala crossing locations in the Redland City Council area with 20 cameras by the end of July 2021. 'Now, with artificial intelligence developing very quickly over the past 10 years, the technology is powerful enough to help recognize not only koalas generally, but which individual koalas are using the crossings,' he said. Computer vision and machine learning systems will be used to process images, allowing for automatic detection and recognition of individual koalas.'