Newsletter Q3 2019
Activity: Conversation on "Drones and
technology: advances and perspectives at the
national level".
Date: July 25th
Place: Lobby of Building No.3, Universidad
Tecnológica de Panamá.
The center of innovation known in the region as
Panama Flying Labs opened its door once again
to celebrate together with the
professionals and users of robotics, its first
anniversary, through the development of a
conversation called "The drones and the robots
technology, advances and perspectives at the
national level". The event was held at the facilities
of the Technological University of Panama,
Metropolitan campus, on July 25, 2019.
In this conversation, the participants were able to
get a close look at the work carried out by
Panama Flying Labs during the period of July
2018 to July 2019 in areas such as the generation
of technical capacities at the local level, the
development of an ecosystem around robotics
such as a service and execution of pilot projects
that quickly demonstrated the performance of
drone technology in the solution of social and
environmental problems in the country.
The closing of the event was with the delivery of
recognition plaques to key actors of the
ecosystem, in this case, the Civil Aeronautics
Authority, private sector companies such as
Spectra Telcom RPA, and the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering, their support in this first
year of operations of the Flying Labs has been
highlighted.
More information at
https://blog.werobotics.org/2019/08/08/asi-
celebramos-nuestro-primer-ano-como-flying-labs-
panama/
Activity: Participation as speaker in the seminar
"Application of scientific and technological
research for the Conservation of Biodiversity".
Date: August 1st.
Place: Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí, David.
Summary: The Institute of Environmental Sciences
and Sustainable Development (ICADES) of the
Autonomous University of Chiriquí organized a week
of seminars. Panama Flying Labs gave a seminar-
workshop as part of the seminar day. The main
objective of the workshop was to demonstrate the
value added (data) through the RPA when
incorporating them in the development of research
in environmental sciences.
Activity: ESRI 2019 Panamanian User
Conference
Date: From 29th to 30th August.
Place: City of Knowledge
Summary: It is an event for ArcGIS users of Esri in
Panama, the same was held at the Convention
Center of the City of Knowledge. On this occasion,
Panama Flying Labs was presented with a stand
during the conference. We also organized a
workshop RPAS in projects of social impact. The
objective of our participation as exhibitors, in this
case represented by Ing. Dania Montenegro was to
share with the public the cases of use of drones in
the development of social impact projects.
Our activities in August
This is how we celebrate our first
year as Panama Flying Labs!

Workshop 1: "Drones piloting"
Date: September 2nd to 3rd
Place: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, UTP.
Beneficiaries: Azuero Ecological Project.
Workshop 2: "Drones Piloting".
Date: From 13 to 16 September
Place: Mata Oscura, Veraguas
Beneficiaries: Fundación Agua y Tierra.
Workshop 3: "Children can also be pilots".
Date: September 25th.
Place: Jeronimo de la Ossa School
Beneficiaries: 3rd grade children.
Activity: Demo WingtraOne
Date: September 20th.
Venue: Victor Levy Sasso Campus, football field,
UTP.
Participants: Ms. Kerima Killingbeck for the
Aeronautical Authority, Civil, LatAm Drones,
Spectra Telcom RPA, Panama Flying Labs
Student Section, Continex International,
distributors for America of WingtraOne
Activity: Use of drones with thermal cameras to
monitor turtle nesting beaches.
Date: September 13-16, 2019.
Location: Mata Oscura, Veraguas, main
proponents: LatAm Drones, Mar Viva.
Beneficiaries: Fundación Agua y Tierra.
Results: Within the framework of the
implementation of this project, Panama Flying Labs
trained one of the three selected finalists of our call
the Water and Land Foundation in the ethical use of
drones. The main result was the confirmation that
with the thermal camera it is possible to recognize
turtles in their spawning process, which facilitates
constant monitoring of the beach, and the rapid
actions of the foundation's specialists that they carry
out today such as collecting, sowing, and releasing
sea turtles.
Activity: Meeting with Tommy Guardia
Geographic Institute
Date: September 19th.
Place: Tommy Guardia Institute.
Participants: Director of the Tommy Guardia
Geographic Institute, Director of Fundación
Naturaleza.
Activity: Cycle of Conferences "Oceans without
plastics a better world".
Participation: Exhibitors "Use of unmanned
vehicles, allies in the conservation of the seas".
Date: September 24th.
Place: Faculty of Engineering, University of
Panama.
Organized by: ARAP.
Our workshops
Main achievement
Team work
Ecosystem
Thermal cameras use for monitoring endangered species.
Our activities in September

Newsletter April, 2019
Upcoming projects
Panama Flying Labs
Technological University of Panama
Campus Victor Levi Sasso, Vía
Centenario
Ancón, Panamá
panama@flyinglabs.org
https://flyinglabs.org/panama/
https://twitter.com/labspanama
https://www.instagram.com/flyinglabspanama/
Project
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Activity 1: Dimensioning of Gardi
Sugdup, resettlement of the
population.
Date: From 10 to 11 October.
Location: Gardi Sugdup, San Blas.
Subject to Congressional approval.
Activity 2: Field Mission "Using
drones for more efficient
monitoring of connectivity and
reforestation efforts of the Azuero
Ecological Project".
Date: From 12 to 15 October.
Location: Community of Nuario and
Venao, Pedasí, Los Santos.
Key players: Azuero Ecological
Project, Esri Panama.
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Project: Photogrammetry with drones
for potato and onion crops in Tierras
Altas, Chiriquí. Field day, closing of the
project, presentation of results.
Date: July 31, 2019.
Location: Highlands District, Province of
Chiriquí.
Partners: Ministry of Agricultural
Development, Institute of Agricultural
Research in Panama, Spectra Telcom
RPA,
Participants: 47 field day participants.
Flying Labs instructor training Fundación Agua y Tierra staff at
Mata Oscura, Veraguas.
Thermal image of the whole scene at Mata Oscura, Veraguas.

Newsletter June 2019
Photogrammetry with drones for potato and onion crops in
Tierras Altas, Chiriqui
The winners of the Call 2019
On the 22nd of June, 2019, the
Evaluation Committee of the Call
2019 under the title ''Challenge for
Social Innovation with robotic
technology and AI'', notified the
results of the call. Thirteen
proposals were evaluated according
to the criteria established in Form
FLPA-CON-003. Therefore, the
proposals were submitted to two
evaluation committees and the
winners are:
- Project No. 11 Use of Drones with
Thermal Sensors for Monitoring
turtle nesting beaches. 20 Points.
- Project No. 1 Water Forests,
Forest Restoration Program. 19
Points
- Project No. 14 Using drones for
more efficient monitoring of
connectivity and reforestation efforts
in the ecological corridor of Azuero.
18 Points
From 04 to 07 June: Launching of the Pilot Project
"Photogrammetry with drones for potato and onion crops in
Tierras Altas, Chiriqui":
We did overflight of three communities in the Highlands District,
for the inventory of plots for potato and onion cultivation. The pilot
project is developed by Panama Flying Labs in partnership with
MIDA.
Total Hectares flown: 220.1 Hectares.
Regarding the strategy of application and learning, the need to
work on a strategic alliance between the Ministry of Agricultural
Development and Panama Flying Labs was identified. The goal
is to use, in the first instance, remote piloted aircraft (drones) as
a carrier platform for sensors that can generate aerial images,
which later through remote sensing techniques applied, will
classify the objects and surfaces flown in the Highlands of
Chiriqui.
Within the first phase of the project it is expected to quantify the
cultivated surface of potato and onion in a determined productive
region of Highlands, in order to facilitate the governmental action
in terms of supply at national level.
The main achievement for this month was the acquisition of a
new member in the drone fleet, a fixed-wing team that will
give us greater autonomy in projects.
Main achievement

Newsletter April, 2019
Upcoming projects
Panama Flying Labs
Technological University of Panama
Campus Victor Levi Sasso, Vía
Centenario
Ancón, Panamá
panama@flyinglabs.org
https://flyinglabs.org/panama/
https://twitter.com/labspanama
https://www.instagram.com/flyinglabspanama/
Other activities
June 27: Meeting to strengthen ties
and strategic alliances with DJI
Enterprise, in the efforts to transfer
knowledge around robotics as a
service. Our goal is to train local
entrepreneurs in the use of RPA's.
This is another initiative that will have
the seal of the UTP house of studies.
June 18: Participation in the Launch
of the initiative: Colibrex-we check
how your antenna works.
From left to right: Dania Montenegro (Panama Flying Labs),
Leonel Montes (Panama Flying Labs), Jorge Pineda (MIDA),
Roderick Ng (MIDA) and Humberto Rodríguez (Panama Flying
Labs)
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July 28 to July 31: Drones Piloting
Workshop, as phase two of the pilot
project: Photogrammetry with drones
of potato and onion seedlings in
Tierras AltaS Chiriquí.
Meeting to discuss about the
celebration of the First Anniversary of
Panama Flying Labs. The theme of
the celebration will be "Los drones y la
tecnología: avances y perspectiva a
nivel nacional". The meeting will be
held at Victor Levy Sasso Campus,
Technological University of Panama.
Drone Piloting Training at the
Technological University of Panama.
August 2019.
Building No.3, between 2:00 p.m. and
6:00 p.m.
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Newsletter May 2019
Project: Drones as a tool for monitoring and
supervision of Landfill in Panama
Trainings and workshops
Key achievement
Receipt of more than twelve project proposals, which seek to
make a social impact through the use of unmanned vehicles.
May 14: In partnership with the Home Urban Cleaning Authority
(AAUD), our instructors developed RSCP Overflight No.2. In this
way we seek to to give continuity and sustainability to the pilot
project that started in October 2018, under the title "The drones
as a tool for monitoring and supervision of the Cerro Patacón
Sanitary Landfill in Panama City". The main objective is to
empower the body of environmental engineers and related
AAUD, who manage and supervise the disposal and compaction
of garbage in Panama City.
From May 7 to 11: Panama Flying Labs participated in an
intensive training organized by the OAS, Senacyt, Conacyt,
UTP. The main objective was to train the laboratory with the
management of Intellectual Property, Prototypes, start up
concepts, spin off, elevator pitch and other solutions that can
guide the group of entrepreneurs who are part of the
entrepreneurship programs that Flying Labs Panama has
prepared for the future.
May 23rd: Representatives of Panama Flying Labs
participated as exhibitors in the conversation organized by
the Metropolitan Park in the room Las Oropéndolas
"Unmanned vehicles a tool for the conservation of biodiversity
and healthy ecosystems, all within the framework of the
celebration of biodiversity day''.
Other activities
May 02: The student section of
Panama Flying Labs is officially
formed, led by two young
students from the Faculty of
Mechanical Engineering, UTP.
Twenty-four students have
committed to be part of this
new section, where they will
receive training and participate
actively in the development of
projects throughout this year. It
should be noted that these
projects seek to generate social
impact.
May 8th: Under a strategic
alliance with the Civil
Aeronautics Authority, a group
of instructors formed by both
institutions visited the facilities
of the AES Corporation in Estí,
Gualaca, Chiriquí. The goal of
the visit was to certify and issue
14 licenses of drone operators.
This second day complements
the first training received by this
corps of engineers and they
were finally certified with their
operator license.
Congratulations to the new
group of drone operators of the
AES Corporation!

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Field missions
May 29th: We closed the month of
May with a field exercise together
with a corps of five engineers this
time from the AES Bayano facilities,
laboratory instructors went to
perform overflight exercises and
above all empower the engineers
with the use of software for data
processing.
May 21st: Representatives of BID
LAB, the main sponsors of the
Panama Flying Labs, made field
visits to the Cerro Patacón Sanitary
Landfill as part of the project called
"The drones as a tool for monitoring
and supervision of the Cerro
Patacón Sanitary Landfill". The
Home Urban Cleaning Authority
received the General Manager of
BID LAB, Ms. Irene Arias Hofman,
accompanied by Mr. Fernando De
León, Executive Director of BID
Panama in Washington DC, and a
body of consultants. In this field visit
the young engineers of the AAUD
demonstrated their skills as
operators of the drone and proved
the utlity that drones represent for
them today. They flew drones over a
polygon of the Sanitary Landfill of
Cerro Patacón and processed the
indicators, data and products that
have been obtained through
capturing images with the
corresponding softwares before
authorities of the UTP, and directors
of the BID LAB.
Photogrammetry with drones for potato and onion crops in the
highlands, Chiriquí. First mission in the field for the launch and
overflights, from 05 to 07 June. The alliance with MIDA, IDIAP,
IMA and Cold Chain.
21 June Announcement of the winners of the 2019 call for
projects through social networksof Panama Flying labs.
Drones Piloting Course. July 2019. Open registrations, please
complete the attached form:
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hr9nBnlYbSnPcdlnhADaq1JZO-v6jd9Q/viewform?usp=sf_link
RSCP 21 Field mission in May
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