Towards new frontiers for distributed environmental monitoring based on an ecosystem of plant seed-like soft robots
Barbara Mazzolai, Tobias Kraus, Nicola Pirrone, Lammert Kooistra, Antonio De Simone, Antoine Cottin, Laura Margheri
Abstract
Understanding and monitoring natural ecosystems is necessary for an efficient implementation of sustainable strategies to tackle climate and environmental-related challenges, such as: protect and improve the quality of air, water, and soil; safeguard species biodiversity; and effectively manage natural resources. A longstanding challenge for environmental monitoring is the low spatial and temporal resolution of available data for many regions. Also, new approaches for the design of sustainable technologies is urgently needed to reduce current problems related to energy costs and e-waste produced.
Topics & Concepts
SafeguardEcosystemBiodiversityEnvironmental monitoringEnvironmental resource managementEnvironmental scienceRobotComputer scienceEnvironmental planningBusinessEnvironmental engineeringEcologyBiologyArtificial intelligenceInternational tradeModular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceMicro and Nano RoboticsCephalopods and Marine Biology