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About Deep Forestry Autonomous Forest Drone

Deep Forestry’s autonomous forest drone navigates between trees beneath the canopy using lidar, RGB imaging and onboard obstacle avoidance. The low-altitude flight path records complete stems and individual-tree geometry that standard above-canopy aerial surveys cannot capture.

Collected data uploads to a cloud AI pipeline that segments and measures each tree, including height, diameter, volume, species and health indicators. Results are delivered through an interactive three-dimensional forest model within 24 hours and can connect with biodiversity, carbon and enterprise forest-management systems.

Deployments

Operating Use
More than 1,000 - 2026-05-07 - Deep Forestry reported that its autonomous drones had completed more than 1,000 under-canopy flights across forests on multiple continents.
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Timeline

Deep Forestry raises €3M for autonomous under-canopy forest drones
2026-05-07 - Funding - Fairpoint Capital led the €3 million round. Superorganism, Spatial Capital, the Arbor Day Foundation's Impact Fund and First Gate Invest also participated. Deep Forestry will expand its technical and commercial teams and establish a presence in additional forestry markets.
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Vinnova reports Hyper-Forest autonomous under-canopy drone prototype testing
2024-01-25 - Research Publication - The project built an autonomous drone prototype for flying below forest canopy. Vinnova said testing against existing methods was successfully achieved in late 2023. Deep Forestry was identified as the commercial service provider for the project.
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