Figure 1: Kai Kung Leng wildfire, January 2025 The world is entering a new era of extreme heat, and with it, escalating wildfire risk. For many communities, wildfires are no longer rare events. They are recurring threats to lives, assets, and the environment.Recently, our team at RoboticsCats had the opportunity…

"It's a bird! It's a plane! It's BYD (Big Friendly Drone)! Figure 1: Fire Foresight Autonomous Wildfire Response System XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year, $11 million global competition launched by XPRIZE to address the growing threat of destructive wildfires. It aims to incentivize the development of innovative, autonomous technologies to…

Figure 1: Tech to Tame Wildfires panel discussion at AMNC25 The 16th Annual Meeting of New Champions 2025UpLink, the World Economic Forum’s open innovation platform, brings together entrepreneurs and changemakers to address the world’s most pressing challenges and foster climate solutions.At the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New…

Fire Foresight at AXIS Partner Summit Kuala Lumpur: Advancing Wildfire Management Through Global Collaboration Figure 1: Mike Ross and Andre Cheung took part in the Axis Partner Summit. The Fire Foresight team had the privilege of taking part in the AXIS Partner Summit in Kuala Lumpur between 6th and 9th…

Image 1: WEF Japan 2025 - breakfast meeting about the startup ecosystem in Japan (source: WEF) Looking at the number of international travelers to Japan by country/region in December 2024, South Korea had the highest number of foreign visitors, followed by China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Many Hongkongers enjoy visiting…

“How was the Biodiversity Accelerator+ kick-off event in Singapore?”"It was intense, inspiring, and instrumental in building a successful biodiversity-positive startup," I replied.I travelled to the Singapore between October 11th to 17th to participate in the Biodiversity Accelerator+ kick-off program. I returned to Hong Kong and shared my experiences from the…

The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2024 (AMNC24) in Dalian, China, was an exhilarating experience that exceeded all my expectations. As a newly recognized UpLink - World Economic Forum  Top Innovator, I had the privilege of engaging with global leaders, innovators, and changemakers over four intense…

We are grateful to partner with Indicium Dynamics. It is amazing what we have travelled, built and learned together from this partnership in the last 12 months!The unexpected intersection of our journeysWe didn't expect our wildfire detection pilot project in ACT, Australia, during 2020 and 2021 could lead us to Tasmania. The pilot project was funded…

We have deployed a new AI Biodiversity-Care (ABC) pilot site at the HKBWS habitat as part of a joint R&D project involving The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, Robotics Cats , and APlus Digital Academy. Our goal is to connect people to biodiversity through technology and Design Thinking. Fig 1:…

The $11M XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year competition to innovate firefighting technologies that will end destructive wildfires. It is a global competition that challenges teams to develop innovative technologies to revolutionize wildfire management and save countless lives and property. Fig 1: XPRIZE Wildfire Ends Destructive Wildfires We are Team Fire…