Fly, land, listen: Autonomous intermittent locomotion enables scalable low-noise drone ecoacoustic surveys
Milica Ostojić, Oscar Pang, Matt Phelps, Mirko Kovač, Sarab S. Sethi
This paper introduces an autonomous drone platform for ecoacoustic surveys that uses intermittent locomotion to collect audio data without disturbing wildlife, achieving comparable biodiversity results to traditional methods.
bioRxiv · Sep 29, 2026 · PreprintEcology