Chief Remote Pilot enables Australian research with drones

Chief Remote Pilot enables Australian research with drones

Amanda Meys at presenting at CSIRO’s Young Future Shapers program. Credit: Amanda Meys Drones have emerged as a critical tool used by scientists to carry out research, expanding capabilities to monitor biodiversity within ecosystems and deliver fertiliser for precision agriculture. But, while members of the Australian public, for better or worse, can send a drone into the air as soon as they purchase it, getting the go-ahead to use drones for re…