Odisha’s Simlipal Tiger Reserve has 100-150 AI-enabled cameras that send real-time alerts of poachers and animal movement inside the forest.
They operate on a low-power mode by default but switch to a high-power mode when they sense movement, and capture an image.
The camera then performs the AI inference on the edge, meaning it uses the chip inside to sort between various object classes such as ‘animals’, ‘humans’, and ‘vehicles’ in the image.
If the AI deems it a necessary, it autonomously transmits an image using the cellular system attached to the camera to an end-user in 30-40 seconds.
In the last 10 months, TrailGuard AI has helped wildlife officials at Simlipal arrest 96 poachers and seize more than 86 country-made guns.