TrailGuard AI System

18.02.2025

TrailGuard AI System

Why in the news?   

Similipal Tiger Reserve is the first reserve where TrailGuard AI system has shown success as an ‘anti-poaching tool.

About TrailGuard AI System:

• It is an end-to-end, camera-based alert system designed for enhancing wildlife conservation and promoting human-wildlife coexistence in remote areas.
• Its battery lasts for 6 months to one year based on the number of photos it sends
• It autonomously detects target objects, and transmits real-time alerts that can trigger rapid-response to entry by poachers or illegal loggers, wildlife entering agricultural or pastoral lands, or status of endangered or exotic invasive species.
• It transmits human and wildlife activities in remote areas in under 30 seconds, enabling real-time interventions.

Features of the AI system:

• The system combines durable outdoor hardware, on-the-edge AI algorithms, and real-time transmission capabilities, and can be deployed along trails or access points in areas of interest.

Working of TrailGuard AI System:

• 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 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 necessary, it autonomously transmits an image using the cellular system attached to the camera to an end-user in 30-40 seconds.

                                                         Source: The Hindu

Consider the following statements regarding the TrailGuard AI system:

1. It is a camera-based alert system designed for enhancing wildlife conservation and promoting human-wildlife coexistence.

2. It autonomously detects target objects and transmits real-time alerts.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A.1 only

B.2 only

C.Both 1 and 2

D.Neither 1 nor 2

Answer  C