3 papers
SilvaScenes: Tree Detection and Species Classification from Under-Canopy Images in Natural Forests
David-Alexandre Duclos, William Guimont-Martin, Gabriel Jeanson +7
Interest in forestry automation is growing alongside rapid advances in deep learning. In particular, tree detection and taxonomic classification are seen as core tasks required for…
Leveraging Image Generators to Address Data Scarcity: The Gen4Regen Dataset for Forest Regeneration Mapping
Gabriel Jeanson, David-Alexandre Duclos, William Larrivée-Hardy +5
Sustainable forest management relies on precise species composition mapping, yet traditional ground surveys are labour-intensive and geographically constrained. While Uncrewed Aeri…
Proprioception Is All You Need: Terrain Classification for Boreal Forests
Damien LaRocque, William Guimont-Martin, David-Alexandre Duclos +2
Recent works in field robotics highlighted the importance of resiliency against different types of terrains. Boreal forests, in particular, are home to many mobility-impeding terra…