Let's talk robotics with John Fardoulis
Joining me in today’s episode (22) of “Let’s talk robotics” is John Fardoulis.
John is a scientist, remote-sensing practitioner, and aerospace engineer. He specialises in innovation, methodology design, field deployment, capacity building, and applied research into the use of small drones for humanitarian purposes in hazardous environments. He was the small drone specialist on the HI Odyssey2025 Project in Chad. He is also a specialist in strategy creation, with an earlier career in business and publishing. John has a Bachelor of Business from the University of Western Sydney (AU) and a MSc in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Bristol (UK).
John is Project Partner, Mobility Robotics (AU) & Fardoulis Robotics (UK).
Today we chat about
His career and Mobility Robotics
His work in Chad and the Odyssey2025 Project and how this all came about
The advantages for using drones to search for unexploded devices
You use airborne infrared imaging to find these devices, some buried for as long as 30 years – tell us more about this
Where do you search and are there other organisations doing this?
You are based in Australia – when you go to Chad how long do you typically stay there?
A typical field day
Do you have a team helping you there? What sort of support do you need and get from your office in Brisbane?
There would be many countries in Africa wanting this sort of service, are you doing more work there?
Peer reviewed articles mentioned in the talk:
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol24/iss2/15/
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol23/iss1/16/
Below editorial piece in the latest Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction that provides background info re. the IR thermography breakthrough.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol24/iss2/3/
To contact John please email him at john.fardoulis@gmail.com
Web: www.mr-au.com | www.fardoulis.co.uk