<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/8DD015E4-668B-4B9A-BE5A-87FDB5238194" ns1:id="8DD015E4-668B-4B9A-BE5A-87FDB5238194"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/ECA8769B-C9BD-40F4-8488-2D74F59BC745" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/DEDECE8B-8BDF-449B-A5F6-185335011225" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/DEDECE8B-8BDF-449B-A5F6-185335011225" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/3C94FBFF-3E1A-4E31-B13E-4DF4AAF3D769" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2014-02-28T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/A5F75623-0F84-4049-84AC-8978C73C1848" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2013-05-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">131261</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>GeoSwarm = A swarm of robotic airborne sensor platforms with wireless networking</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Collaborative R&amp;D</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>The aim of this technology inspired innovation is to develop the software and hardware to enable the demonstration of a swarm of robotic airborne sensor platforms (RASPs) capable of performing tasks quickly, autonomously and far less expensively than is possible with a single sensor platform, or, performing tasks that cannot otherwise be accomplished using a single sensor platform, making full use of wireless connectivity and synchronised, precision, timing, e.g. in a flying distributed antenna.
 We have multiple User Requirements for this technology. Stephan Sander, President of Sander Geophysics Limited, stated that the dominant costs of a geophysical survey are the number of people involved in the survey and time those people spend in the field. Deployment of a RASP swarm rather than a single RASP achieves the economies of scale much like a train driver does when driving a train, as opposed to having many buses and needing to pay many bus drivers.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>