Congratulations to Emanuele Aucone! @Forbes #30Under30 Europe just named him to their 2024 list in Science. Emanuele is a doctoral student of environmental robotics and uses drones to collect eDNA for biodiversity monitoring. #eDNA #EnvironmentalRobotics https://t.co/H1VQG27Fdq

🛸 E Aucone, @stefanomintchev, and collaborators present a traversal #control strategy that considers a #drone’s morphology and an obstacle’s compliance to decide between circumventing it or pushing it aside. #Engineering @ETH @NatureComms https://t.co/4q3BP3NAvt

SPEAR - New Horizon Europe project: Aerial robots self-evolve and train to fit their mission and environment! @NTNU @arlteam @microuav @geonikolak @LTUniv @VU_Science @imec_int @brubotics @BramVDBorght @ETH_en @stefanomintchev @AUAirLab VoxelSensors Biodrone KEMEA

#XPRIZERainforest Finals in Amazonas! No better place on earth to put tech for biodiversity to the test!

Twitter's iconic bird isn't the only one disappearing. Today, one in eight bird species are at risk of extinction. But we can save them and their habitats – benefiting people and nature across the globe. RT to spread the word! #TwitterX#TwitterLogo

The Straits Times speaks with ETH Zurich professors @stefanomintchev & @alpineedna on @ETHBiodivX as a finalist in the @xprize Rainforest competition. #xprizerainforest

An interesting article describing the wonderful collaboration with @alpineedna and @zoozuerich to bring robotics and eDNA technologies together for biodiversity monitoring! 🤖🧬 #Robotics #eDNA #biodiversity https://t.co/Ohsjqy1x9f

In vista di una competizione da 10 milioni di dollari, una squadra di @ETH ha testato dei droni per la raccolta di campioni di DNA ambientale (#eDNA). https://t.co/1kzqGABTJe #biodiversità @alpineedna @stefanomintchev @xprize @zoozuerich

🧬 In the last 24 hours, @ETHBiodivX's rovers and drones sampled #eDNA and images through the dense canopy of tropical forests of Singapore. Next up: 48h data analysis phase! Join our #CitizenScience workshop, and be part of our @xprize journey. Visit: https://t.co/EuGTAIPgsv

We're ready – tomorrow our drones take flight in @XPRIZE #rainforest #Singapore

We are preparing for the big day on Monday. We begin a 24-hour race to identify as many #rainforest species as we can using using bots and drones to gather: • Photos • Video • Sound • Physical samples In the name of creating new tools to monitor #biodiversity with @XPRIZE

The ETH BiodivX team is off to Singapore, ready to tackle the XPRIZE Rainforest Challenge.

Surveying the #rainforest for #biodiversity using #drones 🌳🌴 SEC hosted Prof. @stefanomintchev on 4 April, as he presented his team's novel way of collecting environmental data. His team will be taking part in the @xprize Rainforest Challenge in May in 🇸🇬

I have been invited to give a talk to the very successful Robot Talk podcast. Find here the link to the podcast if you are keen to hear about future #drones inspired by the #dandelions, viz on the #dandidrone ! https://t.co/3VqLFu1dnD https://t.co/SkmLVIgWuB @ERC_Research

#PostDoc position! The Environmental Robotics Lab welcomes applications for a postdoctoral fellowship on robotics methods for the collection of environmental DNA. The aim is to automate the monitoring of biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. https://t.co/DFijER8PSk

Researchers at #ETHZurich, @WSL_research and SPYGEN have partnered to develop a special drone that can autonomously collect samples on tree branches. 🌳 https://t.co/n03cUZIC43

A great collaboration between @eth_en, @wsl_research and @SPYGEN_Lab. Thank you Emanuele, Steffen, Alice, @loic_pellissier and @alpineedna !

The eDrone collected surface eDNA from the bark of 7 different trees, and by sequencing the collected eDNA we were able to identify 21 taxa, including insects, mammals, and birds. https://t.co/OPyNMhTWIz

Our recent findings show a new way to sample surface #eDNA with a #drone, which could enable monitoring #biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems previously inaccessible.