From the March 2020 'Power of Local Webinar,' Cameroon Flying Labs shares updates from their work.

1. The Power of Local
Building aid, health, development and environmental
solutions by sustainably localizing robotics technologies

2. Dessap Fomekong Loic Joffree
Robotics maker
cameroon@flyinglabs
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3. Back in 2018
Cameroon Flying Labs was created in September 2018. We discovered and were introduced to
WeRobotics activities through social media, and we found their drone activities in Africa quite
interesting. It was our first time to see a NGO performing drone activities in Cameroon. That’s when
we contacted WeRobotics to co-create Cameroon Flying Labs.
Our team is made of 6 young people: Willams Elong, Louis Ekani, Corrali, Paul, Brandone and I.
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4. My timeline: 2017 to 2020
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Robot maker, Entrepreneur and Leadership

5. Our main Goals and Area of Expertise
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1) Drone for Good
2) Inspire, help and empower our community and entrepreneurship into technologies and its
uses
3) Build a sustainable solution ( UAV, UGV, Embedded system )

6. Using Drone for Mapping swampy areas for
risk analysis:
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Mapping of swampy areas for risk analysis during the raining season, causing flood in the
littoral region of Cameroon: We took pictures of the area with the drone to identify the
inhabited area at risk. Assisted by the chief of that locality and his assistant, on 8 June
2019 at Bepanda, Douala, Cameroon.

7. The Problem:
swampy area
represents a huge risk
for those living in this
area due to over
raining. The people who
live there, are unaware
of this danger.
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8. SOLUTION:
Mapping the
swampy area and
taking imagery
using drones, and
create awareness
about the risk
when there is rain
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9. Challenges:
Access to the area,
sensiblise the community,
acces to drone compatible
with Pix4D mapper,
training local operators for
set-up, regular flights, and
troubleshooting,
precision landing in small
areas.
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10. Drone use: DJI
Phantom 3
drone. We did
workshop on
how to take and
start piloting a
drone.
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11. Training workshop
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We organise serval
workshops on electronic
and technology related
knowledge in which 60
students participated

12. Future project
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Cargo drone project