Building Robotic Infrastructure to Protect Life and Gather Priceless Data

We equip conservationists with AI-powered field robotics that keep animals safe.

Conservation Can't Wait

The legacy tools we’ve relied on — human observation, camera traps, and satellite imagery—are too slow, risky, or imprecise to keep up with today’s biodiversity crisis.

Animals in zoos, parks, and the wild face growing threats

  • Fence failures during storms
  • Encroaching predators or poachers
  • Collapsing food and water access
  • Undetected health and behavior changes

Meanwhile, scientific understanding is bottlenecked because data gathering isn't scalable...

  • Limited space on expeditions
  • Expense of human-based field science in remote places
  • Lack of real-time data
  • High Costs and Privileged Access
  • Limited Scope of human-based methods of gathering data

Leading to...

  • Data gaps in behavior, movement and habitat changes
  • Inability to find and monitor species

We need a new infrastructure—one that’s scalable, intelligent, and built for continuous sensing.

A Smarter Conservation Infrastructure

Robotics for a wild future:

FROGs™

Field Robotics for Observation and Guardianship – autonomous, mobile systems built for data collection and protective monitoring.

EyeSpring™

Our keystone sensing and decision-making engine that mimics biological attention, letting systems prioritize critical data and adapt to change.

Together, these innovative technologies:

  • Detect threats in real-time
  • Minimize human presence in sensitive environments
  • Collect behavioral, visual, thermal, and environmental data
  • Enable data fusion for science, reporting, and early intervention

"Silent Returns will revolutionize the way we study life in remote places. It will be like having a silent observer in the wild, providing invaluable insights while respecting the delicate balance of nature."

Christopher Malinowski, PhD
Director of Research and Conservation
Ocean First Institute