Going where no drone has gone before, Yuneec is working with Ocean Alliance to collect data from whales. Yuneec’s Typhoon and Tornado drones will be equipped with petri dishes and can collect the spray the whales exhale when they surface, and this spray can tell scientists about the whale’s health and fitness. The arrangement is less stressful to the whales as the human operators remain farther away. Ian Kerr, the CEO of Ocean Alliance, notes that “Snot bots are designed to remove the potential harm caused to whales during the research process. After an extensive search, we determined the Yuneec product line of quiet and sophisticated drones gives us the best possibility of success.”
Yuneec’s “Snot Bot” Whale Drone
