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IPANEMA

Indigenous Production of robotic Aircraft using Natural and Environmentally-friendly Materials from the Amazon region
  • Ipanema

IPANEMA (Indigenous Production of robotic Aircraft using Natural and Environmentally-friendly Materials from the Amazon region) programme is a first, destined to develop environmentally friendly drone engine Made in the Amazon, by Amazonians, for the Amazon.

The project aims to design a drone that Amazonian communities can build and repair with local resources. They will only need to be sent a small pack of electronics and an engine. These drones will be used to detect fires, which will help the people protect the rainforest. As well as this, sensor data from the drone could be sold to generate a small income for the communities.

To find out what materials are available, a few of the project members went to the Amazon Rainforest to live in some of the communities and find out what types of wood were used locally.

Currently the team is preparing to build the first prototype with similar-property materials in Southampton. The project has collaboration with UFAM in Brazil who are developing the payload and the drone automation.

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