National Geographic uses AGVs and drones for photo story about lions

By Frank Tobe | August 12, 2013

Once again National Geographic photographers have used innovative techniques to capture amazing images. Remember the polar bear cam in 2011 that got crushed by the curious bear as he examined and stepped on it?

This time photo journalist Michael Nichols used camouflaged SuperDroid Robots‘ AGVs and quiet drones to capture the lives of lions on the Serengeti. Did you know they are the only cat that is truly social?

The August issue of National Geographic has the story and a terrific online component as well.

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Frank Tobe

Frank Tobe is the founder of The Robot Report and co-founder of ROBO Global which has developed a tracking index for the robotics industry, the ROBO Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. The index of ~90 companies in 13 sub-sectors tracks and captures the entire economic value of this global opportunity in robotics, automation and enabling technologies.