with rhino, if we don't do something these things will are going to be gone within the next

與犀牛，如果我們不做一些事情，這些東西將在未來的消失

10 years. That's a fact of life.

10年。這是生活中的一個事實。

When I realized that drones could possibly work and they could do something for poaching,

當我意識到無人機有可能工作，他們可以為偷獵做一些事情。

we had to do it.

我們必須這樣做。

It's become an obsession for me now.

現在已經成了我的一個困擾。

Just seems like a natural fit to try and use technology to try to curb this in any which

只是似乎自然而然地嘗試和使用技術來試圖遏制這種在任何。

way you can.

你可以的方式。

And as technology evolves and we start to leverage AI and we start to leverage smaller,

而隨著技術的發展，我們開始利用人工智能，我們開始利用小。

more sophisticated technology, better battery life, it's only going to get better.

更先進的技術，更好的電池壽命，它只會變得更好。

The obvious thing is the ability to fly at night, the ability to fly stealthily and quiet,

顯而易見的是夜間飛行的能力，隱身和安靜的飛行能力。

the ability to cover a fairly large demarcated area in a stealthy way.

能夠以隱蔽的方式覆蓋相當大的劃定區域；

Anti-poaching teams walking around in the bush are not that effective.

在叢林中走動的反偷獵隊並不是那麼有效。

You're in the African bush at night.

你晚上在非洲叢林裡。

There are things out there that want to eat you.

外面有一些東西想吃你。

If you've ever been out in a National Park like the Kruger National Park, there are a

如果你曾經在克魯格國家公園這樣的國家公園裡出過遠門，就會發現有一個

lot of lions, there are a lot of leopards.

很多獅子，有很多豹子。

Even although these are highly experienced trackers,

即使這些都是經驗豐富的追蹤者。

it's still a daunting

還是個難題

task for anybody.

任何人的任務。

So typically what happens is we would integrate a drone unit with an anti-poaching unit.

所以通常情況下，我們會把無人機部隊和反偷獵部隊整合在一起。

If an incursion is detected, the first thing that happens is that the drone is placed into

如果檢測到入侵，首先會將無人機放入到

a holding pattern, or a loiter pattern, and we would simply loiter in the radius at an

我們只需在半徑範圍內徘徊，並以一個固定的模式，或者說是徘徊模式。

altitude that keeps us working in a stealthy manner.

的高度，讓我們以隱蔽的方式工作。

We would have no navigation lights turned on during this process.

在這個過程中，我們不會開啟導航燈。

And we would be watching the activity of the poacher on the ground.

而我們會在地面上觀察偷獵者的活動。

And at the same time, the drone team, that consists of a sensor operator and a pilot,

而與此同時，無人機團隊，由一名傳感器操作員和一名飛行員組成。

would radio in and start giving coordinates to the anti-poaching unit.

會用無線電開始向反偷獵部隊提供座標。

Sometimes, there can be a firefight and the poachers will return fire and there can be

有時，可能會發生交火，偷獵者會還擊，也可能會有。

a gunfight and there can be fatalities.

一場槍戰，可能會有傷亡。

I mean, that happens.

我的意思是，這發生。

Probably 30% of the time, that's real.

大概有30%的時間，那是真實的。

The best result is that the poachers are apprehended and are arrested and end up in the court case.

最好的結果是，偷獵者被抓捕歸案，最後被法院立案。

And with a bit of luck, they're prosecuted for doing this.

運氣好的話，他們會因為這樣做而被起訴。

There's very few poaching incidents that take place during the day.

白天發生的偷獵事件非常少。

The drone that we use the most, the one called the Bat Hawk, which is a two-and-a-half meter

我們用得最多的無人機，叫 "蝙蝠鷹"，它是一種兩米半長的

fixed-wing aircraft is launched using a bungee cord.

固定翼飛機是用蹦極繩發射的。

And from that point on it's on autonomous flight.

而從這時起，它就開始自主飛行了。

We chose to use thermal cameras at night purely because it gives us the opportunity to spot

我們選擇在夜間使用紅外熱像儀，完全是因為它能讓我們有機會觀察到

both humans and animals and it makes it incredibly easy for us to find those thermal signatures.

人類和動物，這讓我們非常容易找到這些熱信號。

A thermal signature is really the heat that is coming off an object.

熱信號其實就是物體上散發的熱量。

And it's the easiest way to find things in the bush at night.

而這是晚上在叢林裡找東西最簡單的方法。

Kruger National Park has a huge issue with rhino poaching and although we don't physically

克魯格國家公園的犀牛偷獵問題非常嚴重，雖然我們沒有在身體上

catch poachers that often.

經常抓偷獵者。

We disrupt the whole activity altogether.

我們將整個活動完全打亂。

So if we move into an area and we start flying that area, we find that the poaching in that

所以，如果我們進入一個地區，並開始在該地區飛行，我們發現在該地區偷獵。

area literally subsides within two to three days.

區域在兩三天內就會消退。

We'll get the park ranger for that particular area and we'll invite him in, we'll show him

我們會得到公園的護林員 對於那個特定的區域，我們會邀請他在， 我們會告訴他

how the technology works.

該技術是如何工作的。

And what happens is that guy goes back and

而發生的事情是，這傢伙回去和

that information goes into that local community and suddenly there's no poaching.

這些資訊進入當地社區，突然間就沒有偷獵了。

It just dies down.

它只是消亡了。

I love technology, so for me it's always about trying to find better ways of increasing battery

我喜歡技術，所以對我來說，它總是試圖找到更好的方法來增加電池。

life, more efficient speed controllers, better camera technology.

生活，更高效的速度控制器，更好的攝像頭技術。

Anything to do with a technical aspect of the drone from my side really excites me.

任何與無人機技術方面有關的事情，從我這邊來說，我真的很興奮。

So the wings and the tail section

所以翅膀和尾巴部分

are all made out of foam.

都是用保麗龍做的。

And the reason we did that was so that it would be very easy to repair if you crash

我們這樣做的原因是，如果你崩潰了，它將很容易修復

in the bush.

在灌木叢中。

We use lithium polymer batteries or lithium ion batteries depending on the nature of the

我們使用的是鋰聚合物電池或鋰離子電池，根據性質的不同，我們使用的是

operation and typically operating a six cell configuration at 22.2 volts.

操作，通常工作在22.2伏的六電池配置。

So the big thing for us is to have moved away from a bungee-assisted launched aircraft and

所以，我們最大的事情是已經擺脫了蹦極輔助發射的飛機，並。

to start looking at VTOL type aircraft, which means a standard fixed-wing airplane

開始研究VTOL型飛機，也就是標準的固定翼飛機。

that takes off in a vertical orientation, transitions to forward flight, comes back

垂直起飛，轉為前飛，再回來

and lands on the same spot.

並落在同一地點。

The one challenge that you've always got when you're landing in the Kruger Park or any of

當你在克魯格公園或任何一個地方著陸時，你總是會遇到一個挑戰，那就是...

these parks is that the pilot has got to get out of the ground control vehicle and go land

這些公園是，飛行員必須走出地面控制車，去降落。

this aircraft and you've got all sorts of animals running around there.

這架飛機和你已經得到了所有的 動物跑在那裡。

So it's quite daunting when you walk 100 meters away from your ground control vehicle and

所以，當你走到離地面控制車100米遠的地方時，是相當令人生畏的。

you've got to now land on a road in the middle of the bush.

你現在必須在灌木叢中的一條路上降落。

You don't know whether these lions are now sitting on the side of your runway in the

你不知道這些獅子現在是否坐在你的跑道邊上，在

middle of the bush waiting to come and grab you.

灌木叢中，等待著來抓住你。

There are many facets to this conservation thing and the poaching element.

保護這個事情有很多方面，還有偷獵的因素。

The one is obviously to conserve what little wildlife is left in Africa.

一個顯然是為了保護非洲僅存的野生動物。

Once rhino go, the elephant population is under even more threat.

犀牛一走，大象的數量就會受到更大的威脅。

And eventually, when all of that is gone from Africa, you're going to find there's no real

最終，當所有這些都從非洲消失時，你會發現沒有真正的

reason for people to go and tour countries like Kenya, Tanzania.

人們去肯亞、坦尚尼亞等國家旅遊的理由。

If you look at the amount of foreign revenue that comes into those countries, it has huge

如果你看一下進入這些國家的外國收入的數量，它有巨大的。

implications for those countries.

對這些國家的影響。

The other side of it is that a lot of the problems that are happening in South Africa

另一面是，南非發生的很多問題。

right now, or the poaching that's taking place comes out of Mozambique.

現在，或偷獵的地方 來自莫三鼻克。

And that money is directly translating into funding terrorist organizations, so if you

而這些錢直接轉化為資助恐怖組織的資金，所以如果你...

can stop it, you're cutting up an income source for terrorists and you're, at the same time,

你可以阻止它，你切斷了一個收入來源 恐怖分子和你，在同一時間，

ensuring that wildlife tourism will remain for the foreseeable future.

確保野生動物旅遊在可預見的未來仍然存在。