“HQPlantations commissioned Ninox Robotics’ long range drone service for a trial over a section of our forestry plantations. The purpose was to evaluate methods other than traditional fixed wing aircraft for the collection of aerial data and derived products to assist us in improving the nature of our operations.

Ninox Robotics were tasked with the delivery of a number of high accuracy aerial data products. The overall process was cost-effective, timely and very well managed from start to finish, with key stages being: requirements gathering, CASA BVLOS airspace approval, flight planning & data collection, processing, quality assurance checks and delivery.

We valued Ninox Robotics’ technology and professionalism, as well as their commitment to customer engagement and service delivery. All deliverables were of a high standard and the resultant data was utilised to assist our operations teams. Looking to the future, we see this service offering as a valuable new tool that can complement and potentially replace existing legacy technologies.

We recommend their services to those in the forestry industry who wish to utilise new technologies to assist and improve their operations.”

— Lee Stamm, Resource Planning Manager, HQPlantations

“In late 2020 Balonne Shire Council engaged Ninox Robotics to perform a Proof-of-Concept flight over 2 river systems in the Balonne Shire looking to identify specific pest weeds - tree pear cactus, prickly pear cactus and parthenium.

Ninox Robotics performed numerous flights over these river systems in several different locations, capturing data through the drone’s camera. Ninox Robotics then entered and evaluated that data and successfully identified the locations of tree pear cactus and prickly pear cactus. It was found that the parthenium was quite hard to identify and locate due to the dryer season, sparseness of the infestations and the size of the plants. Ninox Robotics supplied Balonne Shire Council with a full report of their methodology, pest weed locations, results and any improvements that could be made to make the process more efficient or practical.

Ninox Robotics were great to work with and were very open and honest on how they could deliver results and where it could be improved. It was great to see how artificial intelligence and drones can be brought together to capture data that can not only identify individual weeds but also give location, infestation extent and size which will in turn reduce cost and time spent to stakeholders.”

— Lachlan Grundon, Rural Lands / Environmental Officer, Balonne Shire Council