When we were involved in Forestry management, something like this could have been useful to better predict growth and management. We did imagine sensors on a moving platform, but nothing was workable at the time. Probably more stable than drones? Might have uses for other long time examples in agriculture.
SlothBot Takes Leisurely Approach to Environmental Monitoring By Georgia Tech News Center
May 31, 2019
The structure of the SlothBot.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed an environmental monitoring robot that measures chemical and climate-related changes in forest canopies.
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) researchers have designed an environmental monitoring robot that measures chemical and climate-related changes in forest canopies, and is powered by photovoltaic panels to operate for months at a time.
The wire-crawling SlothBot must switch from one cable to another in trees without falling, which Georgia Tech’s Gennaro Notomista described as “a tricky maneuver and you have to do it right to provide a fail-safe transition.”
SlothBot will be clad with a three-dimensionally-printed shell to protect its inner workings from rain and wind.
The robot is a proof of concept for the "theory of slowness" formulated by Georgia Tech's Magnus Egerstedt, which applies low energy consumption principles by restricting movement. Said Egerstedt, "For environmental robots, you should only move when you absolutely have to." .... '
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